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Hedge Bindweed or Morning Glory
Convolvulus sepium		  
Family Morning Glory  (Convolvulaceae)
Bloom Summer, Fall
Habitat Meadows, wood edges. fence rows
Status Native
Cycle Perennial
Height 3-10 feet (Climbing vine)
Flower Flowers are white or pink tube or funnel-shaped 2" wide with 5 petals that fuse together to form the flower.
Leaf Leaves are opposite, toothless, arrowhead-shaped and alternate on the climbing vine. 
Notes Stems are prostrate, trailing, or twining on surrounding vegetation.  It prefers disturbed soils, old fields and abandoned lawns. 

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