The plant can grow prostrate, with stems up to ten feet long, or it can climb like a vine.
Blossoms are white or pink and shaped like a funnel.
This weed reproduces both by seed and by creeping roots. The root system is deep, growing as deep as 27 feet, so pulling or hoeing the weed is ineffective. To control field bindweed in areas where it is well-established, the use of an herbicide can be more practical and usually much more effective. Herbicides that will move downward into the root system are required to kill the vegetative growth nodes on the roots of field bindweed. Spot applications of glyphosate herbicides, such as Roundup, can be used.