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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Ipomoea batatas   FAMILY Convolvulaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomoea batatas   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-07-006:

Ipomoea batatas   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ipomoea batatas

 

COMMON NAME:
 Sweet Potato

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Ipomoea batatas   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomoea batatas   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-07-006:
 Ipomoea batatas   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Ipomoea batatas

 

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3528

Herbaceous vine; Forb
Annual

Habitat: Persistent in fields after cultivation, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: tropical America

Waif(s)

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DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
White/ Pink
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 unequal sepals
Shallowly 5-lobed (or merely wavy-edged) campanulate corolla
5 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:

 

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