Photographs: Baltimore, Co. Cork

Black Bindweed Fallopia convolvulus (Polygonum convolvulus) Glúineach dhubh Family: Polygonaceae Flowering time: July-October. Annual. Native. Small pinkish-white or greenish-white flowers grow in leafy spikes from the leaf axils. The stalked, un-toothed leaves are sagittate (shaped like an arrowhead) and mealy underneath. Reddish stalks with clockwise twining growth, either climbing or scrambling along ground. Height/spread to 1m Widespread on waste ground, arable land, roadsides, rubbish tips and in gardens but is less frequent in the western half of Ireland.

Black Bindweed, Fallopia convolvulus, Glúineach dhubh