Calystegia sepium ssp. roseata
Large Bindweed
Robust climber.
Additional information
- FamilyConvolvulaceae
- StoreyMiddle storey
- SizeTwining 1-4 m
- Plant groupingClimbers & creepers
- LeavesArrow-shaped leaves 4-10 cm x 2-8 cm, on long stalks. Margins wavy.
- Flower colourWhite to pink
- Flowering timeOctober to January
- FlowersSingle funnel-shaped flowers to 6 cm long, on stalks longer than leaf stalks. Bracts at the base of each flower are pointed.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsMoist to wet swamps and stream margins. Partial shade.
- Garden useA stronger but not rampant climber for wet areas.
- Commercially availableNever
- Conservation statusLocally common within its preferred growing conditions
- Aboriginal Use Food - roots
- Related speciesKnown to hybridise and sometimes confused with *C. silvatica, a naturalised species. The bracts at the base of C. silvatica flowers are larger and blunt or rounded.
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