Blooms: April-October
Habit: vine,herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Distribution: Widely distributed throughout Washington; widely distributed throughout North America.
Habitat: Cultivated fields, roadsides, open areas, and other disturbed sites.
Habit: vine,herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Distribution: Widely distributed throughout Washington; widely distributed throughout North America.
Habitat: Cultivated fields, roadsides, open areas, and other disturbed sites.
Species Description:
General: Perennial herbs from deep, widespread rhizomes, the stems trailing and somewhat twining, 2-20 dm. long, glabrous to densely pubescent.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate; leaf blades usually sagittate or hastate, obtuse or pointed, 2-6 cm. long.
Flowers: Flowers in the axils on peduncles exceeding the leaves, single with a pair of bracts about mid-length, or two with the shorter peduncle bractless; calyx divided to the base, the 5 lobes oblong, 4-5 mm. long, with papery margins; corolla funnel-shaped, white or purplish-pink, at least on the outside, 3-5 cm. long; stamens 5, attached near the base of the corolla alternate with the lobes; style slender, exceeding the stamens, the stigmas slightly flattened; ovary 2-celled, superior.
Fruits: Capsule oblong-obconic, 5-7 mm. long
General: Perennial herbs from deep, widespread rhizomes, the stems trailing and somewhat twining, 2-20 dm. long, glabrous to densely pubescent.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate; leaf blades usually sagittate or hastate, obtuse or pointed, 2-6 cm. long.
Flowers: Flowers in the axils on peduncles exceeding the leaves, single with a pair of bracts about mid-length, or two with the shorter peduncle bractless; calyx divided to the base, the 5 lobes oblong, 4-5 mm. long, with papery margins; corolla funnel-shaped, white or purplish-pink, at least on the outside, 3-5 cm. long; stamens 5, attached near the base of the corolla alternate with the lobes; style slender, exceeding the stamens, the stigmas slightly flattened; ovary 2-celled, superior.
Fruits: Capsule oblong-obconic, 5-7 mm. long
Accepted Name:
Convolvulus arvensis L.Synonyms:
Convolvulus ambigens House
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Convolvulus arvensis
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Convolvulus arvensis specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Convolvulus arvensis specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Convolvulus arvensis treatment.
E-Flora BC: Convolvulus arvensis atlas page.
CalPhotos: Convolvulus arvensis images.
USDA Plants Database: Convolvulus arvensis.
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Richard Old
Jim Riley
Dana Visalli
Sue Winterowd, 2005
Sue Winterowd, 2005
G. D. Carr, 2005
G. D. Carr, 2008
G. D. Carr, 2008
G. D. Carr, 2008
G. D. Carr, 2008
G. D. Carr, 2008
G. D. Carr, 1985
G. D. Carr, 1985
G. D. Carr, 2004
Ron Bockelman, 2010
Ron Bockelman, 2010
Ron Bockelman, 2010
Ron Bockelman, 2011
Ron Bockelman, 2011
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