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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Convolvulus arvensis   FAMILY Convolvulaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Convolvulus arvensis   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Convolvulus arvensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Key to the bindweeds (Calystegia/Convolvulus, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)

Convolvulus arvensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Convolvulus arvensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-05-001:

Convolvulus arvensis   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Strophocaulos arvensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_coar4_001_lvd

        

image of Convolvulus arvensis, Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_coin7_001_lvd

        

image of Convolvulus arvensis, Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_291

        

image of Convolvulus arvensis, Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10232214967292938

August        

The corolla is entire, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Convolvulus arvensis, Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind

Norman E. Rees, USDA Agricultural Research Service - Retired, Bugwood.org    bug_0021001

Month Unknown        

Corolla white, or tinged with pink, 1.5-2.5cm long or broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Convolvulus arvensis, Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind

Tom Heutte, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org    bug_1383028

Month Unknown        

image of Convolvulus arvensis, Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind

Tom Heutte, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org    bug_1383029

Month Unknown        

Leaves are extremely variable, most commonly hastate or sagittate, per www.wiki.bugwood.org.

image of Convolvulus arvensis, Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind

Tom Heutte, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org    bug_1383030

Month Unknown        

Axillary peduncles about 1/2 longer than the subtending leaf, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Convolvulus arvensis, Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind

Pedro Tenorio-Lezama, Bugwood.org    bug_5204004

Month Unknown        Mexico

Smaller flowers than Calystegia and lacking its calyx-concealing bracts, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Convolvulus arvensis, Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind

Julia Scher, Federal Noxious Weeds Disseminules, USDA APHIS ITP, Bugwood.org    bug_5376386

Month Unknown        

image of Convolvulus arvensis, Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind

Barry Rice, sarracenia.com, Bugwood.org    bug_5391606

Month Unknown        CA

Cosumnes River Preserve

Distribution, abundance & economic impact rank it in world's 10 worst weeds, per www.wiki.bugwood.org.

image of Convolvulus arvensis, Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind

Robert Vidéki, Doronicum Kft., Bugwood.org    bug_5398246

Month Unknown        Hungary

image of Convolvulus arvensis, Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind

Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5437119

Month Unknown        

Round, ovate, oblong, even linear leaves may occur in disturbed conditions, per www.wiki.bugwood.org.

image of Convolvulus arvensis, Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind

Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5437121

Month Unknown        

image of Convolvulus arvensis, Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind

Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5437138

Month Unknown        

Veins on leaf lower surface raised, pale green & depressed on upper surface, per www.wiki.bugwood.org.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Convolvulus arvensis   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Convolvulus arvensis   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Convolvulus arvensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Key to the bindweeds (Calystegia/Convolvulus, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Convolvulus arvensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Convolvulus arvensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-05-001:
Convolvulus arvensis   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Strophocaulos arvensis

 

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Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Uncommon in Carolina Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
5-merous or rarely 4-merous
5 sepals
5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary

Flowers 1-3 on long stalks from leaf axils

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall?
Capsule

 

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