Common name:
Hedge bindweed
Family:
Scientific name:
Calystegia sepium
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK, except mountainous regions
Height:
Up to 3 m; stems are climbing, or creeping
Habitat:
Waste ground, woodland margins, hedges, fens
Flowers:
Funnel-shaped, pure white or pale pink, up to 4 cm in diameter, with ten folds radiating from the centre. At the base are five light green sepals, partly hidden by an epicalyx of two slightly overlapping bracts (each up to 18 mm wide), purplish when in bud
Leaves:
Triangular, with a pair of rounded lobes at the base; up to 15 cm long
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
