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Texas bindweed

Convolvulus equitans

Texas bindweed
Photo: Vince Hale, CC0
Family
Convolvulaceae (Morning-glory family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
WC. & C. U.S.A. to Mexico
Climate
temperate

About

Convolvulus equitans, commonly known as Texas bindweed, is a species of morning glory. It is native to the central and western United States and Mexico. Its overlapping petals give C. equitans its name; equitans being Latin for "riding on horseback".

Other Convolvulus plants

Mallow bindweed · Blushing Bindweed · Field Bindweed · Convolvulus aschersonii · Cantabrian Bindweed · Desert Bindweed · Silverbush · Convolvulus erinaceus · Pinkflower bindweed · Wild Bindweed · Convolvulus fernandesii · Convolvulus fractosaxosus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Convolvulus equitans by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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