Irish wildflowers

Hedge Bindweed, Calystegia sepium, Ialus fáil
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Hedge Bindweed
Calystegia sepium ssp. sepium
Ialus fáil
Family: Convolvulaceae

Flowering time: July - September. Perennial. Native.

Large white flowers, the bracteoles longer than calyx, not overlapping. Flower stalks (pedicels) as long or longer than leaf stalks. Leaves broadly triangular with sagittate base. Hairless. Height/spread: To 3m
C. sepium ssp. roseata: Pink flowers, white-striped. Shorter, slightly hairy stems, stalks. W Ireland, local near coast, also Waterford, Wexford.

Very common in hedges, woods, gardens and on waste ground.

Similar: Large Bindweed, C. silvatica. Overlapping, inflated bracteoles

Hedge Bindweed, Calystegia sepium, Ialus fáil

Hedge Bindweed, Calystegia sepium, Ialus fáil
Hedge Bindweed, Calystegia sepium, Ialus fáil

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