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Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata)

Image ID: 2013/dc17L

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Other common names: Man-of-the-earth, Manroot
Native
Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning Glory)
Height: 8 to 20 ft. (vine)
Blooms: June to September
Leaf Type: smooth
Bloom Size:  3 in. (typical)
Flower Description: Individual flowers, Fused petals, 5 parts
Location: Decker Creek Trail
Date:  7/13/2013
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Wild Potato Vine may be easily confused with:
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.

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