Another one of those weed ID threads !!

poultrygeist · « **on:** May 26, 2008, 19:40 »

Could some kind person help me with this one please. I'm sure it's teh most common weed in Britain but I can't find it in my books.
Been carefully removing the white bootlaces for ages but didn't know what the top growth was like. Now I do !!!

Thanks folks.

Rob

DD. · « **Reply #1 on:** May 26, 2008, 20:07 »

Convolvulus aka bindweed, I'd say.

Leaves & roots look blindingly similar to this page...

Bindweed

poultrygeist · « **Reply #2 on:** May 26, 2008, 20:15 »

I agree...

except we've had bindweed everywhere and it looks darker and a LOT more chunky.

The other bindweeds had stems about 1 or 2mm thick and very weak. These are about 3-5mm and don't snap.

But I agree the leaves and roots match to a degree.

Rob

DD. · « **Reply #3 on:** May 26, 2008, 20:19 »

There's many different varieties, we've got a couple on our plot.

Commonly known as:
f******** purple flowered bindweed &
f******** white flowered bindweed.

(Flipping of course).

poultrygeist · « **Reply #4 on:** May 26, 2008, 20:21 »

I'll look under 'f' in the weed book then !!

Rob

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #5 on:** May 26, 2008, 20:21 »

Definitly not bind weed, I'll have a think :evil:

poultrygeist · « **Reply #6 on:** May 26, 2008, 20:26 »

DD. · « **Reply #7 on:** May 26, 2008, 20:27 »

I hope is KNOT what my other thought was.

poultrygeist · « **Reply #8 on:** May 26, 2008, 20:31 »

Just looked up knotweed and it isn't that.

R

DD. · « **Reply #9 on:** May 26, 2008, 20:32 »

Phew!

Some sort of nightshade, said he having another stab in the dark. (Straw clutching is next).

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #10 on:** May 26, 2008, 20:36 »

I thought knot weed but deleted that.

Could well be a nightshade :!:

poultrygeist · « **Reply #11 on:** May 26, 2008, 20:37 »

It looks herblike with that reddish tinge on dark green.

We do have what we think is nightshade elsewhere so you maybe onto something there.

I can feel a photgraphy session coming on tomorrow. Need to know what teh enemy is.

Rob

poultrygeist · « **Reply #12 on:** May 26, 2008, 20:39 »

Do nightshades have those creeping rhizomous roots ?

I pulled out yards of it in the Spring.

Thought it was couch grass but obviously not.

Rob

lincspoacher · « **Reply #13 on:** May 26, 2008, 20:45 »

Its definitely Black Bindweed, Fallopia Convulvulus

Does it have:

-Cotyledons long and oval, reddish green
-Small inconspicuous whitish green flowers (not as white as the white of Field Bindweed)
-lots of hoverflies round them

Helps if you can post a picture of a young plant/seedling when identifying weeds, especially showing the cotyledon.

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #14 on:** May 26, 2008, 20:46 »

I don't think its nightshade now. Your plant has leaves in oposing pairs. Nightshade has alternting leaves.

I'll have to go and get my Keble Martin out :roll:

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