Common Name: Field Bindweed

Other Names: Creeping Jenny, Small-flower Bindweed, Small Bindweed, European Bindweed, Greenvine

Species Name: Convolvus arvensis L.

Plant Type: Broadleafs/Herbaceous

Family Name: Convolvulaceae

 

 

 

 

 

 

ID Characteristics

• Field Identification Characteristics
  • Flowers: White or pink corolla, funnel-shaped (1.5-2.5 centimeters long); calyx campanulate, sepals obovate to oblong (3-5 millimeters long); 2 small bracts located 2-3 centimeters below the flower
  • Inflorescence: Solitary flowers or in cymes of 2-5, axillary, on peduncles
    (1-10 centimeters long)
• Leaf and Stem Characteristics
  • Leaf Type: Simple blades
  • Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
  • Leaf Shape: Ovateoblong (1.5-10 centimeres long, 5-60 millimeters wide); bases hastate to cordate or sagittate, lobes pointed or blunt, spreading; margins entire or somewhat undulate, surfaces without hair; long-petioled (to 4 centimeters)
  • Stems: Vine; twining, trailing on the surface or climbing, slender, slight angled; often forming dense, tangled, mats; surfaces without hair to pubescent
  • Underground: Extensive root system (to a depth of 10 meters); rhizomes, creeping
• Floral Characteristics
  • Flower Timing: June-September
  • Fruit Type: Capsule, subglobose to ovoid (5-7 millimeters in diameter), without hair, cells usually 2; seeds usually 4 (sometimes 1-3)
  • Seed: Ovoid (3-5 millimeters long), usually 1 rounded and 1 or 2 flattened sides, brownish-gray to black, dull, rough, without hair