Convolvulus remotus

Convolvulus remotus commonly known as bindweed,^[2]is a flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae. It is a perennial climber with pink flowers and grows in all mainland states of Australia and the Northern Territory.

Convolvulus remotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Convolvulaceae
Genus:	Convolvulus
Species:	C. remotus
Binomial name
Convolvulus remotus R.Br.[1]

Description

Convolvulus remotus is a twining, perennial, terete, hairy, flattened stems, leaves oval-shaped or oblong, 1–8 cm (0.39–3.15 in) long, 5–40 mm (0.20–1.57 in) wide, apex pointed or rounded and a petiole 2–20 mm (0.079–0.787 in) long. Flowers are in a cluster of 2-3 or borne singly in leaf axils, funnel-shaped, pink, 8–13 mm (0.31–0.51 in) long, 8–20 mm (0.31–0.79 in) in diameter, peduncle slender, 5–42 mm (0.20–1.65 in) long with appressed hairs. Flowering may occur anytime of the year and the fruit is a smooth, globe-shaped capsule 5.5–8.5 mm (0.22–0.33 in) long and 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) in diameter.^[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Convolvulus remotus was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown and the description was published in Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae.^[4][5]The specific epithet (remotus) means 'scattered or remote in reference to its location'.^[6]

Distribution and habitat

Bindweed is found on a variety of soils, including clay and sand, scrubland, woodlands, floodplains and gullies in New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, Victoria and the Northern Territory.^[2][3][7][8]