Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium )


                

      Hedge Bindweed is a native, perennial wildflower in Wisconsin. It grows up to 10 feet tall with smooth, twining vine and funnel-shaped flowers. Its flowers can be white or pink with white stripes. The flowers are two to three inches long with five petals, fused together. The leaves are two inches long and arrow-shaped or triangular, alternating along a vine stem. It likes moist soil along streams, in thickets, along roadsides, and in sunny fields. (July)