Photographs: Skibbereen, Co. Cork

Hairy Bindweed Calystegia pulchra Ialus giobach Family: Convolvulaceae Flowering time: July-September. Perennial. Introduced. Funnel-shaped large pink flowers with large overlapping bracteoles and sometimes white stripes. Leaves and stems at least slightly hairy. Climbing or prostrate, the seed rarely ripens, reproduces vegetatively by rhizomes Probably a naturalised garden escape in hedges, gardens, waste ground and on roadsides and railway banks. Often found near habitation. Similar: Pink form of Hedge Bindweed, C. sepium subsp. roseata

Hairy Bindweed, Calystegia pulchra, Ialus giobach