Black Bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) (18/09/2021) Stubble field just off West Mill Lane on footpath. Nothing else quite like it given the flowers and the dock-like tepals, and also the spear-shaped leaf you can just see behind.
Black Bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) (18/09/2021) Stubble field just off West Mill Lane on footpath. Very dock-like tepals, this species is in effect a trailing dock.
Black Bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) (18/09/2021) Stubble field just off West Mill Lane on footpath. The trailing giss of the plant growing amongst the stubble.
Black Bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) (18/09/2021) Stubble field just off West Mill Lane on footpath. Makro shot - the flower at the top is just opening. These are really tiny.
Black Bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) (18/09/2021) Stubble field just off West Mill Lane on footpath. Makro shot of the flower - red anthers and the yellow blob in the middle is the stigma. Incredibly great to find this when I reviwed my photos - because I cannot find any photos of flowers in e.g. books.
Black Bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) (18/09/2021) Stubble field just off West Mill Lane on footpath. Makro shot of tiny flower.
Black Bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) (18/09/2021) Stubble field just off West Mill Lane on footpath. Makro shot of seed capsule (the big thing) and side-on view of a flower.
Black Bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) (18/09/2021) Stubble field just off West Mill Lane on footpath.
Black Bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus) (18/09/2021) Stubble field just off West Mill Lane on footpath. Seed capsules. Very dock-like.