| Description | A deceptively beautiful plant but is extremely aggressive will completely cover plants it is climbing on. A close relative of the ornamental Morning Glory. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Weeds |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | full sun |
| Moisture | average to dry |
| Soil & Site | average to dry, wet disturbed areas |
| Flowers | Large 2-4" funnel-shaped flowers. The white to pink colored flowers are made up of the five petals and sepals fused together. Two large bracts are found at the base. Flowers open in the morning and close at night. |
| Leaves | simple, alternate, arrowhead, toothless, long petiole |
| Stems | A rapid growing vine. The vine winds around any object it comes in contact with in a counterclockwise direction. |
| Dimensions | 3-10' long |
| Maintenance | To control pull out by the roots or paint the plant with a herbicide. |
| Misc Facts | Calystegia is derived from Greek meaning cup and cover. Sepium means growing in a hedge. |
| Author's Notes | A friend of mine had a bad infestation of this weed, growing on her shrubs. She claimed that the "mother plant" was growing under her house and attacking her plants. |
| Notes & Reference | #14-Hedge Maids and Fairy Candles, #25-Wisconsin Wildflowers, 81 #Weeds of Northern US and Canada (Royer and Dickinson), #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Black and Judziewicz)). |
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