Australian Bindweed: Older Leaf

Australian Bindweed (Convolvulus angustissimus ssp angustissimus)

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Potatoes (Solanales)

Family:

Bindweed (Convolvulaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Australian Bindweed (Convolvulus angustissimus ssp angustissimus)

This Photo:

Older Leaf

Synonym:

Convolvulus erubescens

Other name:

Pink Convolvulus

Thank you Asimakis Patitsas for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Pretty little pink flower (about the size of a finger-nail) with green leaves and runners that can climb.
The flower has a unique way of opening by "unfolding"; as it is a single petal.
The fold lines are plainly visible. It gives it the appearance of an origami (paper) flower.

This species is classed as

RA (Rare)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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