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Field Bindweed (Creeping Jenny)
Convolvulus arvensis L.
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Found in:
- Landscape plantings, meadows, and uncultivated areas
Characteristics:
- Perennial vining plant that grows to 15’
- Hairless, twining, or trailing plant
- Creeps along ground or climbs on objects
- Leaves are arrow-shaped
- White or pinkish funnel-shaped flowers (Morningglory type)
- Deep cord-like roots with creeping white rhizomes (underground stems)
Significance
- Minnesota Primary Noxious Weed that spreads by seeds and rhizomes
Plants that look similar:
- Dodder
- Wild Buckwheat
- Wild Cucumber
- Hedge Bindweed
- Morninglory
