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Black-bindweed

Fallopia (Bilderdykia) convolvulus

Importance

Deep-rooting weed found in spring cereals, potato, beet and maize crops.

1. The seedling is reddish green in colour and the cotyledon borne on a crimson stem.

2. The heart shaped first true leaf is diagnostic.

3. A climbing annual with tiny greenish-red flowers that differentiates if from field bindweed.

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