Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Hairy Bindweed, Calystegia pulchra, Ialus giobach
Photographs: Skibbereen, Co. Cork

Hairy Bindweed
Calystegia pulchra
Ialus giobach
Family: Convolvulaceae

Flowering time: July-September. Perennial. Introduced.

Funnel-shaped large pink flowers with large overlapping bracteoles and sometimes white stripes. Leaves and stems at least slightly hairy. Climbing or prostrate, the seed rarely ripens, reproduces vegetatively by rhizomes

Probably a naturalised garden escape in hedges, gardens, waste ground and on roadsides and railway banks. Often found near habitation.

Similar: Pink form of Hedge Bindweed, C. sepium subsp. roseata

Hairy Bindweed, Calystegia pulchra, Ialus giobach

Hairy Bindweed, Calystegia pulchra, Ialus giobach
Hairy Bindweed, Calystegia pulchra, Ialus giobach

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