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Name of vine?

10 years ago

Anyone know the name of this vine? as you can see the leaves are the shape of potato vine.

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IanW Zone 5 Ont. Can.
10 years ago
Morning glory
IanW Zone 5 Ont. Can.
10 years ago
Morning glory
woodhawk
Original Author
10 years ago
It doesn't have tendrils, I have been able to make hard wood cuttings from it. It has (nodules? for lack of a better word) very similar to Ivy at the leaf joints. None of these things have I seen on the Morning Glories that grow here.
realityfaery
10 years ago
Its definitely a morning glory though, hopefully someone can help you identify the type.
woodhawk
Original Author
10 years ago
Is there a vine called "False Potato Vine"?
greenman62
10 years ago
it might be Ipomoea indica

as to the potato vine...
this might help...

Wild Potato Vine, Man of the Earth, Morning Glory
(Ipomoea pandurata)
http://www.jeffpippen.com/plants/ipomoea.htm

Dioscorea bulbifera
Air Potato
http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/parks/air_potato.html
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/flgard/msg1012594611066.html

Ornamental sweet potato vine
http://www.nola.com/homegarden/index.ssf/2012/05/ornamental_sweet_potato_vine_i.html

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