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Definition of Calystegia sepium
1. Noun. Common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus.
Generic synonyms: Bindweed
Group relationships: Calystegia, Genus Calystegia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calystegia Sepium
Literary usage of Calystegia sepium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1883)
"May and June, on convolvulus (calystegia sepium), eating the leaves and flowers ;
rests on the undersides of leaves and on the stems. PUPA. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"(calystegia sepium,R.Br.). RUTLAND BEAUTY. Fig. 543. Perennial trailer, 3-10 ft.
long, glabrous or minutely pubescent: Ivs. round-cordate to deltoid-hastate ..."