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§1 Plant

Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G. Mey.

vernacular man of the earth — species · Convolvulaceae


USDA
IPPA
GBIF
2928514
Rank
species
man of the earth (Ipomoea pandurata)
Platephotograph · Jim DugganCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Vine
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Convolvulaceae Juss.
Genus
Ipomoea
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,033 counties across 28 states/territories
Legend Native · 1033 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,033 counties across 28 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 38 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 60 N
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 42 N
Georgia view state ↗ 23 N
Illinois view state ↗ 81 N
Indiana view state ↗ 60 N
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N
Kansas view state ↗ 31 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 71 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 44 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N
Michigan view state ↗ 5 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 42 N
Missouri view state ↗ 69 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 2 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N
New York view state ↗ 10 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 76 N
Ohio view state ↗ 57 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 28 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 41 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 37 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 52 N
Texas view state ↗ 30 N
Virginia view state ↗ 79 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 29 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/IPPA ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2928514 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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