Black bindweed
Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Á.Löve
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 1.2 m
- wide
- —
Polygonaceae
Also called Black Bindweed, Wild Buckwheat
Formerly Bilderdykia convolvulus, Fagopyrum convolvulus, Helxine convolvulus, Polygonum bertolonii, and 5 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Macaronesia to N. Africa, Temp. EurasiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 99 cm to 1.5 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, pink, greenRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Afrikaans
- Wilde bokwiet
- Czech
- opletka obecná
- German
- Acker-Flügelknöterich, Windenknöterich
- Finnish
- kiertotatar
- French
- renouée faux-liseron, Renouée faux-liseron, Renouée Liseron
- Dutch
- zwaluwtong, Zwaluwtong
- Polish
- Rdestówka Powojowata
- Russian
- Горец вьюнковый
- Swedish
- Åkerbinda
- Chinese
- 卷茎蓼, 卷莖蓼, 蔓首乌
- Simplified Chinese
- 卷旋蓼, 卷茎蓼, 蔓首乌
- Slovenian
- navadni slakovec
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Fallopia convolvulus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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