Hello,

I spotted this guy out on a creek bank while fly fishing recently. Very pretty though it looks out of place. I should say that the location is south central Missouri along the bank of Huzzah Creek



Thank you!

Joe

Welcome to ATP Joe!

That looks like Bindweed, a nasty member of the morning glory family.

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG...

Looks like Bind Weed to me. Pretty but oh what a terror in the garden. A hated weed

Hi Joe, to ATP.

Run away from it Joe.
If it gets going in your garden you will be fighting it the rest of your gardening life.

and from the Florida panhandle

How big were the flowers, Joe? The leaf shape and arrangement look more like Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia-sepium)

Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

http://plants.usda.gov/gallery...

than Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

but they are sometimes hard to tell apart. One difference is that the flowers of Convolvulus arvensis are typically under an inch in diameter while those of Calystegia-sepium are usually much larger, 2 - 3 inches in diameter.