Texas Bindweed

Convolvulus equitans

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Not native

Not native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 18%

Soil moisture: Somewhat dry to average

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 1 Alabama county.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

9CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Convolvulus

Agrius cingulataPink-Spotted Hawkmoth, Sweet Potatoe Caterpillar
Dargida diffusaWheat Head Armywotm Moth
Emmelina monodactylaMorning-Glory Plume Moth
Eublemma rectaStraight-Lined Seed Moth
Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Spragueia leoCommon Spragueia

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Convolvulus

Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Perdix perdixGray Partridge

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Convolvulaceae

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Alabama rank	Not available
Global rank	Not available
AL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

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