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Convolvulaceae
Choose between:
Flowers <30 mm
Cuscuta epithymum
Convolvulus arvensis
Convolvulus arvensis
Flowers >25 mm
Calystegia soldanella
Calystegia sepium/silvatica
Calystegia pulchra
Convolvulus
. . . Field Bindweed
Convolvulus arvensis
. . . Field Bindweed
Common in S & E, decreasing to N & W and in Ire
Calystegia
. . . Bindweeds
Calystegia soldanella
. . . Sea Bindweed
Sandy sites around coasts, esp. in S; uncommon in Sc & N&W Ire
Calystegia sepium & C. silvatica
. . . Hedge & Large Bindweeds (Note difference in bracteoles)
Calystegia sepium
Calystegia silvatica
Calystegia sepium
. . . HedgeBindweed
Common exc. Sc highlands; sepals visible between the basal bracteoles
Calystegia silvatica
. . . Large Bindweed
Less common than the above, esp. in N, in Sc only frequent in central belt and SE; bracteoles at base of flower hide true sepals
Calystegia pulchra
. . . . Hairy Bindweed
Similar to
C. sepium
and scattered through Br and Ire but with pink or pink & white striped fls and hairy stem/petiole
Cuscuta
. . . Dodders
Common parasitic plant (mostly on gorse) in CI and S En, more scattered N to C En/N Wa
Cuscuta epithymum
. . . Dodder
