Fallopia convolvulus (L.) A. Love
black bindweed
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
black bindweed
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Photograph
© Alfred Cook (Photo ID #8543)
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from taproot; stems prostrate, climbing, or almost erect, solitary or few, branched, smooth, 20-100 cm tall/long.
Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves arrow-head- to egg-shaped, dull green, the blades 2-5 cm long, the stalks short to long; stipules funnel-shaped, 2-5 mm long, usually brownish-membranous, soon deciduous.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of few to several flowers in axillary and terminal racemes or reduced panicles; perianths green, 3.5-4.5 mm long, 5-lobed.
Fruits:
Achenes 3-angled, black, very finely granular, dull to shiny, 3-4 mm long.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Fallopia convolvulus
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
753 | 460 | 1680 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
15 | 0 | 80 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
167 | 10 | 216 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 1 | 5 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
12 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
IDF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(1), ESSF(1), ICH(2), IDF(4), PP(3) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Moist to mesic waste places and fields in the lowland, steppe and montane zones infrequent in S BC, rare northward; introduced from Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Polygonum convolvulus L.