Ipomoea batatas |
Ipomoea leptophylla |
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camote, sweet potato, wild sweet potato |
bush morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials, root relatively large, tuberlike. | Perennials, taproot relatively large. |
Stems | ± trailing, rarely twining. |
usually erect, sometimes ± trailing. |
Leaf | blades cordate, broadly ovate, or 5–7-lobed, 50–100+ × 40–100 mm overall, base cordate, surfaces glabrous or hairy. |
blades lance-linear to linear, 30–80(–150) × 2–8(–10) mm, base ± cuneate, surfaces glabrous. |
Peduncles | glabrous or hairy, hairs appressed. |
glabrous. |
Flowers | sepals lanceolate to oblong, 8–15 mm, chartaceous; corolla usually lavender, pink, or purplish, sometimes white, throat usually darker inside, funnelform, (30–)40–70 mm. |
sepals elliptic, orbiculate, or ovate, 5–10 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, apex obtuse; corolla lavender-pink to purple-red, throat darker, funnelform, 50–90 mm. |
Seeds | glabrous. |
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2n | = 60, 84, 90. |
= 30. |
Ipomoea batatas |
Ipomoea leptophylla |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round. | Flowering May–Sep. |
Habitat | Abandoned plantings, thickets. | Plains, prairies, sandy sites. |
Elevation | 0–200+ m. (0–700+ ft.) | 0–2200 m. (0–7200 ft.) |
Distribution |
FL; KS; LA; MS; NC; NY; PA; SC; TX; UT; VA; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Asia, Africa]
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CO; KS; MT; NE; NM; OK; SD; TX; WY
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Discussion | Reports of Ipomoea batatas from northern parts of the flora area appear to be based on ephemerals. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Convolvulus batatas | |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Lamarck in J. Lamarck and J. Poiret: Tabl. Encycl. 1: 465. (1793) | Torrey in J. C. Frémont: Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts., 94. (1843) |
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