Bindweed
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Bindweeds are annual or herbaceous perennial vines in the genus Convolvulus, in the Morning Glory family Convolvulaceae.
Many of the species are problematic weeds, which can swamp other more valuable plants by climbing over them, but some are also deliberately grown for their attractive flowers.
This species occurs in many temperate regions. They are mostly slender, creeping winding vines. A few are small perennials. They have simple, alternate leaves and wide funnel-shaped flowers.
Convolvulus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the leaf-miner Bucculatrix cantabricella which feeds exclusively on Convolvulus cantabricus.
Species
- Convolvulus althaeoides : Mallow Bindweed, Riviera Bindweed
- Convolvulus althaeoides ssp. althaeoides
- Convolvulus althaeoides ssp. tenuissimus
- Convolvulus angustissimus
- Convolvulus arvensis : Lesser Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, European Bindweed, Field Bindweed, Morningglory, Perennial Morningglory, Smallflowered Morning Glory, Possession Vine.
- Convolvulus assyricus
- Convolvulus boissieri
- Convolvulus boissieri bossieri
- Convolvulus boissieri compactus
- Convolvulus calvertii
- Convolvulus calycina
- Convulvulus canariensis
- Convolvulus cantabricus
- Convolvulus capensis
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- Convolvulus cataonnicus
- Convolvulus chilensis
- Convolvulus cneorum : Shrubby Bindweed, Silvery Bindweed, Silverbush
- Convolvulus compactus
- Convolvulus dorycnium
- Convolvulus elegantissimus (synonym of Convolvulus althaeoides subsp. tenuissimus)
- Convolvulus equitans : Gray Bindweed, Texas Bindweed
- Convolvulus erubescens
- Convolvulus eyreanus
- Convolvulus floridus
- Convolvulus fractosaxosa
- Convolvulus graminetinus
- Convolvulus hermanniae
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- Convolvulus holosericeus
- Convolvulus humilis
- Convolvulus incanus
- Convolvulus lineatus : Pygmy Bindweed
- Convolvulus nodiflorus : Aguinaldo Blanco
- Convolvulus ocellatus
- Convolvulus oleifolius
- Convolvulus pentapetaloides
- Convolvulus persicus
- Convolvulus phrygius
- Convolvulus pilosellifolius : Soft Bindweed
- Convolvulus remotus
- Convolvulus sabatius : Blue Rock Bindweed
- Convolvulus sabatius ssp. atlanticus
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- Convolvulus scammonia : Scammony
- Convolvulus scoparius
- Convolvulus siculus
- Convolvulus suffruticosus
- Convolvulus tricolor: Dwarf Convolvulus, Dwarf Morning Glory
- Convolvulus verecundus
- Convolvulus waitaha
- Convolvulus wallichianus : Wallich's Bindweed
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See also
- False bindweed (genus Calystegia)
- Black Bindweed (Polygonum convolvulus) does not belong to the Bindweed Family.fr:Convolvulus