Australian Bindweed

Scientific Name: Convolvulus erubescens
Scientific Author: Sims, J. (1807)
Taxonomy: (Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida: Solanales: Convolvulaceae)

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Source: Clare McLellan Museums Victoria

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Diagnostic Notes

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Description

Seed Colour: Brown dark

Seed Length: 2 - 4mm

Seed Sculpture: Carinate, Tuberculate

Seed Shape: Wedge

Perennial with trailing and twining stems; stems terete to narrowly winged, moderately to sparsely hairy.

Capsule globose, 4.5–6 mm long, 5.5–6.5 mm diam., glabrous; fruiting pedicels not conspicuously recurved. Seeds 2.8–3.7 mm long, finely punctate with small irregular tubercles; not distinctly winged.

Source: Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust PlantNET - FloraOnline

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Author: Clare McLellan

Created: 13/12/2011 03:30 AEST

Last Updated: 18/01/2013 15:36 AEST

Citation: Clare McLellan (2011) Australian Bindweed (Convolvulus erubescens ) Updated on 1/18/2013 3:36:16 PM Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au.

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