Ipomoea pandurata (Linnaeus) G.F.W. Meyer. Common name: Wild Sweet Potato, Manroot, Man-of-the-earth, Bigroot Morning-glory. Phenology: May-Sep; Jul-Oct. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry forests and woodlands, prairies, roadbanks, disturbed areas. Distribution: CT, NY, and s. ON west to OH, s. MI, and KS, south to c. peninsular FL and e. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl6, FNA14, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Austin & Huáman (1996), Austin (1984), Wood et al (2020b); > Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G.Mey. var. pandurata — G; > Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G.Mey. var. rubescens Choisy — G; Convolvulus panduratus Linnaeus — (basionym)
Links to other floras: = Ipomoea pandurata - FNA14
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
| Intro | Stems | Leaves | Inforescence | Flowers | Fruits | Comments | Height | plant sale text | bloom table text | description | stems | leaves | inflorescence | flowers | fruits | comments | cultural notes | germination code | native range |
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Herbaceous perennial vine from a large tuber-like root, growing in sandhills, other dryish forests and woodlands, rocky-gravelly river bars and shores, and road banks and other disturbed areas. | Stems trailing or slightly twining, smooth to slightly hairy. | Leaves alternate, on often reddish-purple petioles, broadly oval or violin-shaped or heart-shaped with a notch at the base, to 6 in. long, smooth or hairy. | Flowers in long-stalked terminal clusters of 1-7, white with a purple-maroon throat, 2-3 in. wide and tubular-funnel-shaped with 5 shallow lobes at the rim. | Fruit an oval capsule. | 4-16 ft. | Herbaceous perennial vine from a large tuber-like root, growing in sandhills, other dryish forests and woodlands, rocky-gravelly river bars and shores, and road banks and other disturbed areas. | Stems trailing or slightly twining, smooth to slightly hairy. | Leaves alternate, on often reddish-purple petioles, broadly oval or violin-shaped or heart-shaped with a notch at the base, to 6 in. long, smooth or hairy. | Flowers in long-stalked terminal clusters of 1-7, white with a purple-maroon throat, 2-3 in. wide and tubular-funnel-shaped with 5 shallow lobes at the rim. | Fruit an oval capsule. |
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