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Black-bindweed
Fallopia (Bilderdykia) convolvulus
Importance
Deep-rooting weed found in spring cereals, potato, beet and maize crops.
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1. The seedling is reddish green in colour and the cotyledon borne on a crimson stem.
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2. The heart shaped first true leaf is diagnostic.
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3. A climbing annual with tiny greenish-red flowers that differentiates if from field bindweed.
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