Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium ssp. sepium Ialus fáil Family: Convolvulaceae Flowering time: July - September. Perennial. Native. Large white flowers, the bracteoles longer than calyx, not overlapping. Flower stalks (pedicels) as long or longer than leaf stalks. Leaves broadly triangular with sagittate base. Hairless. Height/spread: To 3m C. sepium ssp. roseata: Pink flowers, white-striped. Shorter, slightly hairy stems, stalks. W Ireland, local near coast, also Waterford, Wexford. Very common in hedges, woods, gardens and on waste ground. Similar: Large Bindweed, C. silvatica. Overlapping, inflated bracteoles

Hedge Bindweed, Calystegia sepium, Ialus fáil