Solved Two wildflower ID's please

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    Seen lots of these on roadsides near me this year; the first one I started noticing last year and it seems to have spread remarkably well -- got a mallow/malva look about it?

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    The second seems to be an adept climber, but here it is lying flat on the grass in the middle of a roundabout

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    Very similar to bindweed in terms of the flowers, but these are much smaller.
     
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    No 1 is Mallow Sylvestris or common wild mallow.

    No 2 is Convulvulus Arvensis ( lesser bindweed ) which can have either pink or white flowers.

    It's in the same family ( like distant cousins ) but is not the same as the larger bindweed which is Calystegia Sepium.
     
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      Thank you :)

      Seems I was closer to the mark than I thought.
       
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