Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-665.47.06
Convolvulus arvensis
English: Field bindweed; Wild morning glory.
German: Ackerwinde.
Dutch: Akker winde.
Region: temperate.
Habitat: hedgerows, fields, waste places, fences; prefers a lighter basic soil.
Culture: troublesome weed of agriculture.
Ecology: harbours tobacco mosaic virus, affecting Solanaceae.
Content: root 4.9% resin.
Use: food; medicine; source of materials; flavouring in the liqueur 'Noyeau'.
Botany
Herb; perennial; climber, twining around plants, swamping and strangling them.
Root: deep; vigorous root system; hard to eradicate.
Flowers: close at night, during rainy weather; seldom set fertile seed; scent of heliotrope.
Pollination: bees, flies, self.