Skye Flora

Hedge Bindweed


Calystegia sepium

Taxonomic note: Sometimes taken to include C Pulchra and C Sylvatica, but the three kinds treated separately here.

Calystegia sepium

Photo © Carl Farmer
10 Sep 2002 Portree

Common in waste places and scrubby areas, generally not far from buildings.

Flower diameter c 35 mm

Skye ID: Flower white or occasionally pale pink but not bright pink.  2 outer sepal-like bracts not inflated at base and not completely hiding the true sepals.

Other features: Climbs by twining its stems anti-clockwise round other plants, posts, etc.

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