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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ipomoea pandurata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Manroot at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomoea pandurata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-07-011:
Ipomoea pandurata FAMILY Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ipomoea pandurata
COMMON NAME:
Manroot, Wild Potato Vine, Man-of-the-earth, Wild Sweet Potato
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ippa_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060528_041
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaves heart- to arrowhead-shaped; margin, midvein & petiole ofen purplish, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm160605_889
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm160605_889b
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow s080629_b
June Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Leaves ovate, entire or pandurate, cordate, often pubescent beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm060720_012
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
Heart-shaped leaves and lavender or pink throated white flower, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962).
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JK Marlow jkm100702_028
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm100702_030
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Peduncles 1-5 flowered; pedicel glabrous, stout, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140711_729
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Calyx lobes coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, glabrous, strongly imbricate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140711_732
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm160708_236
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm160712_018
July Greenville County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ipomoea_pandurata
July
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JK Marlow jkm0508h_01
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Late evening.
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Tim Spira tpsipandurata
August
Corolla campanulate, the limb white, the tube lavender within, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmipandurata_buzzard
Month Unknown Pickens County SC
Buzzard Roost Heritage Preserve
The flower always has a purple center, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ipomoea pandurata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomoea pandurata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-07-011:
Ipomoea pandurata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ipomoea pandurata
753
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry forests and woodlands, prairies, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 unequal sepals
Shallowly 5-lobed (or merely wavy-edged) campanulate corolla
5 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in clusters of 1-7, terminating long stalks from leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p104
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p096
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p386
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p514
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p539
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p324
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p117
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p205
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p073
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p208
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p160
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p201
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p239
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p392
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p131
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p316
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