Fallopia convolvulus
Black Bindweed at Gundaroo, NSW
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| Fallopia convolvulus | MichaelMulvaney | 6 Feb 2021 | |
| Unverified | RWPurdie | 6 Feb 2021 | |
| Unverified | MaartjeSevenster | 5 Dec 2020 |
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6 comments
6 Feb 2021
The leaf shape looks a bit like Persicaria strigosa or P. praetermissa but the flowers stems look as though they're glabrous, so I may be way off-beam!
6 Feb 2021
It could also be Fallopia convolvulus (in the same family as Persicaria), which has leaves of a similar shape and flower stems not obviously hairy. In AVH there's a record of Fallopia convolvulus from the Gundaroo Public School collected in 1903!
6 Feb 2021
The seed pods and leaves do look like a good match to Fallopia convolvulus https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Fallopia_convolvulus_RF.jpg
6 Feb 2021
The more I look at the closeup of the flowers/fruit, the more inclined I am to call it Fallopia convolvulus because of the lack of obvious hairs on the 'stems' and no obvious branching of the inflorescence (cf the two Persicaria species).
7 Feb 2021
Thanks! This ID makes a lot of sense, looking at other images available online it looks spot on. So this plant turns up in Gundaroo once every 100 years!?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.332343-35.022276
- Maps MTR591 at Gundaroo
- Places Gundaroo, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 4 Dec 2020 11:40 AM Recorded on
- MaartjeSevenster Recorded by
- Less than 10cm Plant height
- Yes In flower
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- Plants Climbers & Mistletoes MaartjeSevenster Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Fallopia convolvulus
Species information
- Fallopia convolvulus Scientific name
- Black Bindweed Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
- External link More information
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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