Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)


Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
Photographed August 2.

Sometimes called “Wild Morning Glory,” Hedge Bindweed loves hedges and chain-link fences. It is very weedy, but its flowers at least repay us for the nuisance. White is the usual color, but pink-and-white bicolors are fairly common. These plants were blooming in Beechview.

Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
Photographed April 5.

For a description of the species, see the Calystegia sepium reference page.



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