Ipomoea pes-caprae
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Ipomoea pes-caprae, Roth (I. maritima, R. Br.). St. creeping, seldom twining, 20-60 ft.: roots often 12 ft. long and 2 in. thick: lvs. 1-4 in. long, fleshy, roundish, often broader than long, with 2 glands at the base and prominently pinnate-veined: peduncles usually few-fld., equaling the petioles; corolla nearly 2 in. long, bell- shaped, margin scarcely lobed. Aug.-Oct. Trop. coasts of both hemispheres; drifting sands of coast, Ga. to Texas. B.R. 319.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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