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Gardening Area => Growing questions and answers => Topic started by: PermieGing on October 05, 2013, 10:43:06 PM

Title: Wild Ipomoea ID- looks HBWRish
Post by: PermieGing on October 05, 2013, 10:43:06 PM

So ound this in my wild garden.
The seed container looks very similar to hbwr to me.
Its def a ipomoea.
Found in eastern NA.

Any ideas?

Title: Re: Wild Ipomoea ID- looks HBWRish
Post by: happyconcacti on October 05, 2013, 10:53:10 PM

Hi permieging,

Its really difficult to ID ipomea without an idea of what the flowers and leafs look like.

Did you happen to snap some photos while it was in bloom?
Are there any leafs on the plant currently?
What's the approximate location of the plant?


Happy IDing,
Hcc

Title: Re: Wild Ipomoea ID- looks HBWRish
Post by: PermieGing on October 05, 2013, 11:05:46 PM

Yes
There are a few leafs in the first pic, or 1 lol.
But i randomly found it, and it was nearly choked out, so there are prolly 8 leafs total on it.

No flowers, too late in the season.

Sorry, i just realized the pics are a lil crappy lol. I could totally take more, if anyone needs em to help id

Thanks happy

Also, the location of the plant is south eastern north america

Title: Re: Wild Ipomoea ID- looks HBWRish
Post by: PermieGing on October 05, 2013, 11:09:53 PM

Also, the only reason i say it looks hbwrish is because of the seed pod.
Def not morning gloryish

Heres a better pic of the seed pod, with a leaf

Title: Re: Wild Ipomoea ID- looks HBWRish
Post by: fairdinkumseeds on October 06, 2013, 01:05:23 AM

Possibly Ipomea acunosa?
Dodgy pictures, lost my good ones when the hard drive crashed, but you get the idea.

Title: Re: Wild Ipomoea ID- looks HBWRish
Post by: MadPlanter on October 06, 2013, 01:12:09 AM

Only one way to find out...grow them seeds!

Title: Re: Wild Ipomoea ID- looks HBWRish
Post by: PermieGing on October 06, 2013, 02:25:28 PM

Thanks fairdinkum ill take a look

Madplanter, i couldnt agree more!
 8)

Title: Re: Wild Ipomoea ID- looks HBWRish
Post by: PermieGing on October 06, 2013, 08:21:14 PM

Hmmm wiki says this about ipomoea lacunosa:

"I. lacunosa is one of the few species of Ipomoea that is used on a small scale by humans. The whitestar potato that it produces is traditionally consumed by a number of Native American tribes like the Chiricahua Apaches.

Other animals usually avoid eating Ipomoea due to the high alkaloid content which makes it unplatable. In some cases the amount of alkaloid in the plant can make it toxic. However certain caterpillars of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) are capable of digesting the plant."

I couldnt find info anywhere else about the alks, also the above doesnt have a source.....