Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Convolvulus erubescens
Common name
Blushing Bindweed, Pink Bindweed
Family
Convolvulaceae
Where found
Mainly wet forest, rainforest margins, and stream banks. Coastal north from the Sydney area.
Notes
Perennial herb with trailing or twining stems to at least 0.5 m long. Stems cylindrical, ribbed to narrowly winged, sparsely to moderately hairy. Leaves alternating along the stems, 2-8 cm long, 2-40 mm wide, sparsely to moderately hairy, with basal lobes and often lateral lobes as well, margins entire in basal leaves, becoming toothed or shallowly to deeply lobed farther along the stems, tips variable. Flowers pink or mauve with a pale greenish throat, 7-15 mm long, 8-20 mm in diameter, funnel-shaped, with 5 lobes. Sepals 5.5-7 mm long, free from each other. Flowers in clusters of 1-4 flowers, usually single. Flowering: throughout the year,
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Convolvulus~erubescens (accessed 7 January, 2021)
Description partly based on: Wood, J.R.I., Williams, B.R.M., Mitchell, T.C., Carine, M.A., Harris, D.J. & Scotland, R.W. (2015), A foundation monograph of Convolvulus L. (Convolvulaceae). Phytokeys 51: 125
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