Hedge Bindweed | Plant Information

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Plant Data

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Order:

Solanales

Family:

Convolvulaceae (Bindweed)

Also in this family:

Dodder, Field Bindweed, Greater Dodder, Hairy Bindweed, Kidneyweed, Large Bindweed, Sea Bindweed, Yellow Dodder

Type:

Flower

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Maximum Size:

3 metres tall

Habitats:

Fens, hedgerows, roadsides, wasteland, woodland.

Flower:

White, 5 petals

Usually pure white but occasionally pink with 5 white stripes, up to 6cm, trumpet-shaped. Sepals often purple tinged and only half-covered by two large bracts. Often hybridizes with Hedge Bindweed making identification difficult.

Fruit:

A capsule which contains 1 to 4 seeds, rarely more than 1cm long.

Leaves:

Long stalked, arrow-shaped leaves and sharp-tipped, not hairy. The bases of the leaves have angled lobes.

Other Names:

Appalachia False Bindweed, Bearbind, Bearbine, Bellbind, Belle of the Ball, Bethbine, Bine Lilies, Bingham's False Bindweed, Bride's Gown, Bugle Vine, Cornbine, Daddy White-Shirt, Devil's Nightcap, Field Convolvulus, Gramophones, Grandma's Nightcap, Granny-pop-out-of-bed, Granny's Night Bonnet, Greater Bindweed, Heavenly Trumpets, Hedge Bell, Hedge False Bindweed, Hedge-Strangler, Hell Weed, Holland Smocks, Hooded Bindweed, Lady's Nightcap, Lady's Smock, Larger Sunshade, London Bells, Old Man's Nightcap, Pink Bindweed, Ropewind, Rutland Beauty, Wedlock, White Witches Hat, Wild Convolvulus, Wild Morning Glory, Withybind, Withyweed, Withywind.

Frequency (UK):

Abundant

Similar Species:

Large Bindweed