Scientific name: Convolvulus arvensis L.
Common name: Field Bindweed
Description
Habit: A hairless perennial climber, stems to 60 cm long.
Stems: Trailing or weakly climbing stems; with far-creeping rhizomes.
Leaves: Alternate, entire, long-stalked, 4-5 cm long, undivided, sagittate or with basal lobes pointing outwards.
Flowers: Pink or white, actinomorphic, 2-2.5 cm across, solitary or paired; pedicel very long and slender, with 2 linear bracteoles some way below the calyx; sepals 5; corolla of 5 fused petals, much larger than calyx, broadly funnel-shaped, lobed with an entire margin; stamens 5; style solitary, stigmas 2, ovary superior.
Fruits: A 4-seeded capsule.
Habitat: Roadsides, waste places, sand-dunes, limestone pavement and base of walls.
Distribution: Frequent in eastern part of the Burren, occasional elsewhere.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No