Species name :

Fallopia convolvulus(L.) Love
Published in (L.) Á. Löve, Taxon 19: 300 (1970)

Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.)

Fallopia baldschuanica

Full list of synonyms : [Euro+Med] [PlantList] [IPNI] [POWO] [Catalogue of Life ]

Plant Family :

Polygonaceae Juss. (The Dock Family)
19 species from the Polygonaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands.

English name(s) :

Black Bindweed

Maltese name(s) :

Leblieba ħadra

Status for Malta :

Doubtful origin. It is not yet established if this species is native or not)

Frequency :

Very Common     Common     Frequent     Scarce     Rare     Very rare     Extinct

Growth form :

Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon

Legal Protection [link]:

Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006)

Red List (1989) :

Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands

Flowering Time :

May-Sep

Colour of Flowers:

White or Green

Habitat in Europe:

Cultivated ground and waste places.

Preferred habitat in Malta:

Data will be available in the next update of this website.

Botanical Description:

Puberulent or slightly mealy annual. Stem up to 1 m, angular, twining or spreading. Leaves 2-6 cm, acuminate. Flowers in narrow, spike-like inflorescences. Pedicels not more than 3 mm, even in fruit, articulated above the middle. Perianth-segments greenish-white, accrescent, the outer keeled or slightly winged in fruit, rarely with broad wings (var. subalatum (Lej. & Court.) Kent) as in 2. Nut 4-5 mm, finely punctate, dull black.

Chromosome number:

2n=40

Distributional range:

Throughout Europe, but certainly introduced in the extreme north and perhaps elsewhere.

Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):

Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993):

All except Iceland, Svalbard archipelago

Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) - Country codes

Ab(A N) AE Ag Al Ar Au(A L) Az(F M) Be(B) BH Bl(I M N) Br Bu By Ca(G H P T) Cg Co Cr Cs Ct Cy Da Eg Es Fa Fe Ga(C F) Ge Gg(A D G) Gr Hb(E N) He Ho Hs(A S) Hu Ir It La Le Li Lt Lu Ma Mk Mo No Po Rf(CS E K N NW S) Rm Sa Si(M S) Sl Sr Su Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [nAz aIs Md(M) nRf(N) aSb Sk]