Family: Bindweed [Convolvulaceae] |
Calystegia |
Convolvulus |
Cuscuta |
Dichondra |
Ipomoea |
The Dodder Family [Cuscutaceae] has been subsumed into this the Bindweed family. This has added the Dodder Genus Cuscuta to the repertoire.
Somewhat perversely, Field Bindweed is the only (UK) plant belonging to the Convolvulus Genus; all the other Bindweeds, such as
There are two plants belonging to the
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[CONVOLVULUS] Field Bindweed
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Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) | Photo: © RWD |
[CALYSTEGIA] Bindweeds
Nominally, there are five petals, but they are fused together to make a trumpet shape, with longitudinal creases where the petals are fused together. Many of the species climb by twining with other plants (and more recently with fences), usually anti-clockwise.
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[Calystegia] BINDWEED [CALYSTEGIA] HYBRID CHART |
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Calystegia SPECIES LACKING HYBRIDS | ||||||
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Sea Bindweed (Calystegia soldanella) | Photo: © RWD |
Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) | Photo: © RWD |
[CUSCUTA] Dodders
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Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum) | Photo: © Brent Clarkson |
Greater Dodder (Cuscuta europaea) | Photo: © Bastiaan Brak |
Yellow Dodder (Cuscuta campestris) | Photo: © Dawn Nelson |
Family: Bindweed [Convolvulaceae] |