Black-bindweed - Fallopia convolvulus
Alternative names
Black Bindweed
Description
A medium tall twining plant with heart shaped leaves, which are un-toothed and mealy beneath. Flowers are greenish pink or greenish white in lax leafy spikes from the leaf axils.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Waste places and cultivated land, especially arable land.
When to see it
July to October.
Life History
Annual.
UK Status
Common and widespread in Britain.
VC55 Status
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 491 of the 617 tetrads.
Graham Calow
Field near to Granitethorpe, Sapcote
19 July 2011 Barrack End entrance to Church Walk Sapcote SP 4896 9329 (taken 5.8.2007).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
05 August 2007
Graham Calow
Sapcote
01 September 2014
Peter Smith
Cropston
28 August 2011
Alan Semper
Harby, nature reserve
31 August 2012
David Nicholls
Ashby Canal, Shackerstone
15 September 2012
 Barrack End entrance to Church Walk Sapcote SP 4896 9329 (taken 5.8.2007).JPG)
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Graham Calow
Higham on the Hill
25 July 2015
David Nicholls
Ashby Canal, Shackerstone
15 September 2012
Graham Calow
Sapcote
03 July 2013
Alan Semper
Harby, nature reserve
31 August 2012
Craig Mabbett
clump hill fields broughton astley
05 October 2014
Alan Semper
Harby, Stathern La allotmentss
13 September 2012
Alan Semper
Harby, Stathern La allotmentss
13 September 2012
Graham Calow
Frolesworth
23 July 2015
Alan Semper
Harby, Stathern La allotmentss
13 September 2012
David Nicholls
Ashby Canal, Shackerstone
15 September 2012
Graham Calow
Frolesworth
29 June 2015
Barbara Cooper
Belvoir Woods
21 August 2013
