| Australian bindweed | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus: | Convolvulus |
| Species: | C. angustissimus |
| Binomial name | |
| Convolvulus angustissimus | |
Convolvulus angustissimus commonly known as Australian bindweed, [2] is a flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae. It is a twining perennial with pink or white flowers and grows in Tasmania and mainland states of Australia.
Convolvulus angustissimus has slender, twisted, trailing branches with terete stems, hairy when young and grows to a height of 0.02 to 0.6 metres (0.07 to 1.97 ft). The leaf shape varies and grow along the length of the stems, basal leaves oblong to oval-shaped, margins toothed or slightly lobed and heart-shaped or squared. Upper leaves egg-shaped to triangular egg-shaped, 1–6.5 cm (0.39–2.56 in) long, 2–4 cm (0.79–1.57 in) wide, mostly acute at the apex and petiole 2–20 mm (0.079–0.787 in) long. Flowers usually borne singly in leaf axils, corolla pink or rarely white, 7–20 mm (0.28–0.79 in) long, 7–20 mm (0.28–0.79 in) in diameter, peduncle terete, 4–50 mm (0.16–1.97 in) long, flattened hairs. Flowering occurs between January and December and the fruit is globose shaped, 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long, 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) in diameter and smooth. [3]
Convolvulus angustissimus was first formally described by Robert Brown in 1810 and the description was published in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae . The specific epithet (angustissimus) means "very narrow" reference to the shape of the leaves. [4]
Australian bindweed is found on floodplains, along drainage lines and in winter wet depressions in areas along the coast of the South West, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in calcareous sandy loam to sandy-clay soils over ironstone.
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Cheiranthera linearis, commonly known as finger-flower, is a flowering plant in the family Pittosporaceae. It is a small shrub with deep purple flowers, yellow stamens and dull green linear shaped leaves. It is found growing in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.
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