Bindweed Greate
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Botanical Name |
Calystegia sylvatica |
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Habitat |
Hedges, wastelands, old buildings, cultivated land |
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Description |
3m/10ft tall Hairless plant. Stems twining, climbing Leaves arrow shaped, untoothed, alternate leaves. Flowers large white trumpets with yellow centres July – September |
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Native to |
North America |
Lesser Bindwee
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Botanical Name |
Convolvulus arvensis |
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Family |
Bindweed |
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Other Names |
Field bindweed |
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Habitat |
Fields, hedges, farmland |
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Description |
Perennial, almost hairless long stems that twist anticlockwise around other plants Leaves long alternate Flowers: white or pink trumpet shape May-September |
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Native to |
Britain |
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Constituents |
Glycosides, tannins, flavonoids |
Bindweed – Se
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Botanical Name |
Calystegia soldanella |
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Habitat |
Sand dunes |
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Description |
Creeping stems Leaves: small, rounded Flowers: Pink large trumpet like June- August |