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§1 Plant — species · Polygonaceae

Polygonum convolvulus L.

vernacular black bindweed


USDA
POCO10
GBIF
6391461 syn.
Rank
species
black bindweed (Polygonum convolvulus)
Platephotograph · Nate MartineauCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Vine
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Polygonaceae Juss.
Genus
Polygonum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Introduced
  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • GL Greenland Introduced
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Montana distribution

Recorded in 37 of 56 Montana counties.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/POCO10 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/6391461 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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