In article , Dave
writes

On 17/6/05 20:50, in article , "Janet
Baraclough" wrote:

That is mistaken, mile- a minute (russian vine/polygonum
baldshuanicum) is far harder to kill than you suggest. If you cut it off
at the roots, the stump will regrow or suckers will grow from the roots.


Is it related to hedge bindweed? ISTR it looking very similar, and its
speed is similar.

No, not at all closely related. I suppose the leaves and growth habit
look similar, but the flowers show it to be in the dock family, along
with the ornamental bistorts and japanese knotweed. You didn't by any
chance mean black bindweed - Fallopia convolvulus, with dosk-like
flowers not big white open bells - that is a close relative, since
russian vine appears to have been moved from Polygonum to Fallopia.

Hedge bindweed is Calystegia and is in the Convolvulaceae family along
with Ipomoea.
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