Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Ipomoea microdactyla

wild-potato morning-glory, man-in-the-ground
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

wild-potato morning-glory, man-in-the-ground

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Ipomoea microdactyla

Familia:

Convolvulaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

vine

Tamaño:

Sprawling  and climbinb vine to about 5-10  ft long.

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

red to rose

Color de la fruta:

Fenología:

Blooms spring to fall.

Destacado por:

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Specimen vine.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Propagación:

Seed

Luz:

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Somewhat moist, no flooding -a- Not wet but not extremely dry

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

pH del suelo:

likely calcareous

Apto para cultivo en:

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
Vouchered
Not vouchered
Selected
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Skippers and sphynx moths are attracted to the flowers.

Hummingbirds are occasional visitors.

Hábitats nativos:

pine rocklands

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

Rare - listed as endangered by the State of Florida and as imperrilled by the Florida Natural Inventory.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Hammer, Roger. (2011). Man-in-the-Ground (blog post). ( https://fnpsblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/man-in-ground.html ). Accessed 2026. Florida Native Plant Society, Gainesville.


Gann, G.D., C.J. Abbott, C.G. Stocking, K.N. Hines, and collaborators. (2001+). Man-in-the-ground, ‘Bejuco colorado’. Natives For Your Neighborhood. ( https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Ipommicr ). Accessed 2026. The Institute for Regional Conservation. Delray Beach, Florida.


Hammer, Roger. (2015). Attracting Hummingbirds and Butterflies in Tropical Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.


Geiger, John H, Meerow, Alan W, Lewis, Carl et al. (2014). Genetic diversity and conservation of Ipomoea microdactyla (Convolvulaceae): an endemic vine from the Bahamas, Cuba, and southeastern Florida . Plant Species Biology, 29(1), 2-15. 10.1111/j.1442-1984.2012.00381.x ( https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-1984.2012.00381.x
 ). Accessed 2026.


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