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§1 Plant
Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br.
vernacular bayhops — species · Convolvulaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Convolvulaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Ipomoea
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- NAV Navassa Island Native
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 43 counties across 7 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- High
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 17 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 365 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–80 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–7.5
- Root depth
- 24 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Dense
- Flower colour
- Red
- Fruit colour
- Green
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Indeterminate
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Year Round
- Seed ends
- Year Round
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 10,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 43 counties across 7 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Collier 12021
- Duval 12031
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gulf 12045
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Lee 12071
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pinellas 12103
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Lucie 12111
- Volusia 12127
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/IPPE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7999386 ↗Record version
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