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.
