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Calystegia sepium
It is an herbaceous perennial that twines around other plants, in a counter-clockwise direction, to a height of up to 2 - 4 m, rarely 5 m. The pale matt green leaves are arranged spirally, simple, pointed at the tip and arrowhead shaped, 5 - 10 cm long and 3 - 7 cm broad. The flowers are produced from late spring to the end of summer. In the bud, they are covered by large bracts which remain and continue to cover sepals. The open flowers are trumpet-shaped, 3 - 7 cm diameter, white (like the one above), or pale pink with white stripes.
It hasa subcosmopolitan distribution throughout the temperate Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Other names: hedge bindweed, Rutland beauty, bugle vine, heavenly trumpets, bellbind.
Spotted on May 28, 2013
Submitted on May 28, 2013
