PLANTS Profile for Convolvulus equitans (Texas bindweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Convolvulus equitans Benth.
Texas bindweed

Symbol:

COEQ

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Convolvulaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Convolvulus equitans Benth.

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Synonyms:
Convolvulus equitans Benth.

	COHE9	Convolvulus hermannioides A. Gray
	COSI4	Convolvulus simulans L.M. Perry

Distribution:
Convolvulus equitans Benth.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, KS, NE, NM, OK, TX, UT)

Related Taxa:
Convolvulus equitans Benth.

View 18 genera in Convolvulaceae, 9 species in Convolvulus

Classification:
Convolvulus equitans Benth.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Convolvulaceae – Morning-glory family
Genus	Convolvulus L. – bindweed
Species	Convolvulus equitans Benth. – Texas bindweed

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Convolvulus hermannioides:

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt	Low						Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

More Accounts and Images:
Convolvulus equitans Benth.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30706.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 07:02 PM CDT