Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : conar
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Calystegia arvensis L.
Classification: Convolvulaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: field bindweed
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Acker-Winde ; ES : correguela menor ; FR : liseron des champs, FR : petite campanette ; IT : vilucchio comune ; PT : corriola ; EN : field bindweed ; NL : akkerwinde, NL : winde ; DK : agersnerle
Biological type: Perennial with rhizomes
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- Cotyledon cordate tip.
- Leaves hastate or cordate.
- Plant propagates vegetatively (rhizomes...); establishment from seedling is rare.
- Height: Stem 20-100cm, glabrous, climbing, spreading, slightly angular. Main root up to 100cm or more.
- Leaves ovate, elongate. Upper leaves hastate or sagittate,round-tipped, petiole 2 cm long. Divergent points at the base of the leave.
- Flower white, pink-striated or plain pink, solitary or 2-3 together. Axillary flowers isolated. Calyx glabrous. Corolla shallowly laciniate *, odorous, funnel-shaped. Bracts linear half as long as the pedicel.
- Fruits : capsules ovoid, 2-celled, glabrous, angular with 4 seeds.
- Plant vulnerary,the juice of the stem and leaves is used as a cathartic. The creeping stem entwines and kills the neighbouring plants.
- Risk of confusion with Fallopia convolvulus (at seedling stage), Calystegia sepium (L.).
- Biological type: Perennial with rhizomes.
Mistake with: Fallopia convolvulus , Calystegia sepium
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