Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Manroot at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
COMMON NAME:
Manroot, Wild Potato Vine, Man-of-the-earth, Wild Sweet Potato
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JK Marlow jkm060528_041
May Greenville County SC
Leaves heart- to arrowhead-shaped; margin, midvein & petiole ofen purplish, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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.
JK Marlow jkm060720_012
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
Heart-shaped leaves and lavender or pink throated white flower, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers.
JK Marlow jkm100702_030
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Peduncles 1-5 flowered; pedicel glabrous, stout, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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.
Tim Spira tpsipandurata
August
Corolla campanulate, the limb white, the tube lavender within, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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.