WILDFLOWERS OF NEW MEXICO

 

Considered an invasive, noxious weed, this deep-rooted morning glory grows into a twining or prostrate, tangled mass of slender, branching stems spreading to 6 feet. Note the pink to white, funnel-shaped flowers open in the morning and last only one day.


FLOWERS: April-October. Cluster of 1–3, pink to white flowers, 1-1 1/2 inches (10 mm) wide, on stems (peduncles) from leaf axils, petals fused to form funnel- to bell-shaped flower.


LEAVES: Alternate. Variable, 1/2–4 inches long (1-10 cm), oval to lance-shaped, often with two, opposite spreading lobes on the base; surfaces hairless or inconspicuously so.


HABITAT: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas.


ELEVATION: 1,100–7,700 feet.


RANGE: Introduced, naturalized nationwide.


SIMILAR SPECIES: The flowers of widespread native Texas Bindweed, C. equitans, have pointed petal tips, sometimes with a reddish center, and linear, and hairy leaves often narrow with opposing, pointed basal lobes.


NM COUNTIES: Statewide.

FIELD  BINDWEED

CONVOLVULUS  ARVENSIS  

Morning Glory Family, Convolvulaceae

Perennial vine; introduced, invasive

Variable leaf sizes.

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