The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1789
Latest year: 2006

County Status
Native

Family
Polygonaceae

Total records held
510

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 296	363
Tetrads: 256	299
Hectads: 35	36

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Nov 14 2006

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Black Bindweed is a scrambling or climbing native annual of gardens, arable and disturbed land . This plant is frequent in the lowland southern and eastern parts of the county but rare in the more upland north and west.. Botanists generally pay little attention to this common weed but there are three records for the variety Xxsubulatum (Ashbourne SK1847 in 1969, Hulland SK24 in 1903 also Beauchief ,now in modern S.Yorks. SK3381 in 1969).