Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Medium
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: Worldwide
Movement: Climbing
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Common

About

Hedge bindweed is a vigorous climbing vine in the morning glory family, producing large trumpet-shaped white or pale pink flowers up to 7 cm across. Its twining stems can extend over 3 metres in a single season, spiralling clockwise around any available support.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Calystegia
Species: Calystegia sepium