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Plant Detail
Botanical Name
Convolvulus arvensis - L.
Family Convolvulaceae
Common Name Field bindweed, Hiranpug
Habit Climber
Synonym Convolvulus chinensis Ker.
Habitat Cultivated
Color Of Flower Pinkish White
Key Characters Aquatic herbs; leaves sagitate, flowers white or nearly so.
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Systematic Position
Division :
Dicotyledonae
Class :
Gamopetalae
Series :
Bicarpellatae
Order :
Polemoniales
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Plant Description
Trailing or climbing herb; stem twining, angular, pubescent or glabrous; leaves ovate-cordate or hastate, variable in breadth, base auriculate; flowers axillary. solitary or paired, penduncles slender; bracts linear, small; pedicels often with 2-bracteoles at about the middle; sepals-5, elliptic-obtuse, truneate, unequal or nearly so, glabrous; corolla light pink, rarely white, broadly funnel shaped, glabrous; stamens-5, included, filaments unequal; ovary 2-celled, 4-ovuled, style filiform, stigmas-2, distinct, oblong or linear; capsules globose, dehiscent, 4-valved, glabrous; seeds 4, brown, subtrigonous, glabrous. |
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