CONVOLVULACE^— MORNING-GLORY 



FAMILY 



HEDGE BINDWEED. WILD MORNING-GLORY 



Convdlvidus sepium 



Name from convolvo, to entwine. 



Perennial. A vigorous twining and trailing vine, 

 bearing white or pinkish Morning-Glory blossoms. Way- 

 side hedges, thickets, open fields, walls, wire fences; 

 everywhere. Naturalized from Europe. Nova Scotia 

 to North Carolina, westward to Nebraska. 



Stem. — Twining or trailing, smooth or hairy, three 

 to ten feet long. 



Leaves. — Triangular, halberd-shaped or arrow-shaped, 

 acute or pointed; two to five inches long, on slender 

 petioles. 



Flowers. — Morning-Glory type, pale pink with white 

 stripes or all white, or white with pink stripes; about 

 two inches long. Solitary, on long peduncles from leaf 

 axils. 



Calyx. — Of five, pale green sepals of unequal size; 

 concealed by two large bracts at base. 



Corolla. — A five-lobed bell; twisted in the bud. 



Stamens. — Five, inserted on the corolla tube. 



Pistil. — Ovary two-celled; style two-cleft at apex. 



Fruit. — Globose capsule, two cells and two seeds in 

 a cell. 



Pollinated chiefly by bees. Nectar-bearing. Anthers 

 mature before the stigmas. 



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