| Scientific Name: | Calystegia sepium |
| Common Name: | hedge bindweed, morning glory |
| Family Name: | Convolvulaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Invasive plant, Vine or climber, Weed (horticultural) |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Irregular, Spreading |
| Form: | Climbing |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Pink, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Very aggressive weedy vine with twining stems and deep rhizomes; leaves heart-shaped with large basal lobes that can be rounded or squared-off in shape, sparsely distributed along the stems, most 6-12cm long x 3-5cm wide; flowers 5-7cm wide, white, funnel shaped, enclosed in two large bracts before opening that remain at the base of each flower. | |