Common name: Field Bindweed, Hiranpug हिरनपग (Hindi), பூமி சக்ர பூண்டு Bhoomi Chakra Poondu (Tamil), Chand-wel (Marathi)
Botanical name: Convolvulus arvensis Family: Convolvulaceae (morning glory family)
This prolific, persistent and universal plant is considered a weed and is
despised by human beings, who spend long, fruitless hours attempting to
exterminate it. Its success can be partly attributed to its root system, with
its extensive and deeply descending network of rhizomes, that can penetrate
the earth up to a depth of 6 m, and its seeds, which can live in the
soil for up to 50 years before germinating.
Petals fused together to form a flower having the shape of a trumpet, hence
that starts as a narrow tube, but widens into a flared mouth, where the petals
often turn slightly back.
Identification credit: Navendu Pagé & Vinay R. Kolte
| Photographed in Sundar Nursery, Delhi. |
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