European Bindweed in Iowa

Authors

A. L. Bakke, Iowa State CollegeFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

The European Bindweed, Creeping Jennie, Convolvulus arvensis, the worst perennial weed of California, Kansas, and Colorado, is now quite common in the northwestern part of the state. This species has a rather fine, deeply penetrating root system, which after a time forms a dense underground network of roots. The flowers and leaves are only about one-half the size of the native species, C. sepium. The plant is exceedingly hard to eradicate through cultural methods. The most effective procedure to destroy this weed is, in all probability, to spray it with herbicides like sodium chlorate.

Publication Date

1930

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

37

Issue

1

First Page

210

Last Page

210

Copyright

©1930 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Bakke, A. L. (1930) "European Bindweed in Iowa," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 37(1), 210-210.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol37/iss1/33