English: Larger Bindweed; Hedge Bindweed; Rutland beauty; Great white bindweed; Bearbind; Hedgebell.
Synonym: Convolvulus sepium.
German: Wind glocken.
Dutch: Widu; Weewinde; Wudu; Slingerroos; Wierwinde; Bruwinde; Rankblom; Heggetouwen; Purgierwinde; Klokjesbloem; Haagklokken; Hemdslippe; Vingerhoeden; Pispotjes; Paapmuts; Slaapmutske; Kruiperbloemen; Valbloem; Regenblume; Jufferlizeblom; Lies.
Region: Eurasia, temperate North America; Australia.
Habitat: hedges, fences, edges of woods, waste ground and places, river banks; prefers ordinary garden soil, sunny position.
Culture: troublesome garden weed, especially in moist soils.
Use: medicine; tying material; food; stalks and root, cooked, Washed, steamed, pleasant sweet taste, rich in starch and sugars, very nutritious; young shoots, cooked; stems as emergency string for tying.
BotanyHerb; perennial; climber; grows fast.
Root: deep; wide-spreading, branching rhizomatous rootstock.
Stems: vigorous; very flexible; fairly strong, not very long-lasting; several metres long; scramble over the ground, twining into the surrounding vegetation.
Flowers: open in sunny weather; closed during dull weather;
Pollination: bees, lepidoptera.