Flora of New Zealand Series

Convolvulus sepium L. Sp. Pl. 1753, 153.

Rhizome far-creeping, branching; stems slender, up to ± 3 m. tall, sparingly branched. Petioles up to 10 cm. long. Lamina membr., glab. or nearly so, ± 5-10 × 4-7 cm., oblong-sagittate to hastate, acute or acuminate; cordate at base, sinus deep and narrow; lobes rounded to truncate. Peduncles long, us. narrowly winged; bracts large, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, enclosing subequal ovate-lanceolate sepals. Corolla ± 4-8 cm. diam., white or pink. Ovary incompletely 2-loculed; capsule c. 12 mm. diam., glab., apiculate. Seeds smooth.

DIST.: K., Three Kings, N., S., Ch. Lowland forest margins and shrubland, forming tangled masses in absence of support; less common in southern part of range. Pohue, bindweed.

FL. 10-3. FT. 11-4. A polymorphic widespread sp.

Cockayne and Allan (T.N.Z.I. 57, 1926, 62) state: "This was collected by Banks and Solander, but as the 'species' is a linneon the question should be taken up whether there exists an indigenous variety or varieties. It is certain that in many stations, cultivated land etc., it is introduced only."