Appearance
"Convolvulus remotus" is a twining, perennial, terete, hairy, flattened stems, leaves oval-shaped or oblong, 1–8 cm long, 5–40 mm wide, apex pointed or rounded and a petiole 2–20 mm long. Flowers are in a cluster of 2-3 or borne singly in leaf axils, funnel-shaped, pink, 8–13 mm long, 8–20 mm in diameter, peduncle slender, 5–42 mm long with appressed hairs. Flowering may occur anytime of the year and the fruit is a smooth, globe-shaped capsule 5.5–8.5 mm long and 5–7 mm in diameter.Naming
"Convolvulus remotus" was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown and the description was published in "Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae".The specific epithet means 'scattered or remote in reference to its location'.Distribution
Bindweed is found on a variety of soils, including clay and sand, scrubland, woodlands, floodplains and gullies in New South Wales, Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, Victoria and the Northern Territory.References:
Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.
