Scientific name: Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G.F. Mey.

Common name: Man-of-the Earth
Family: Convolvulaceae; Morning-glory
Origin: Native
Habitat: shaded soil,
Image: Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G.F. Mey., on Lavender Mountain at the Berry College Campus, Mt. Berry, Georgia; June 27, 2009.
Comments: At John D. Freeman Herbarium (AUA), Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama there is herbarium specimen of Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G.F. Mey. collected in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, and identified by Alvin W. Chapman (1809-1899) in 1872, or 1881, or 1890'.

Last updated on January 10, 2013.

References :
1. Fernald, Merritt L. Gray's Manual of Botany 8ed. New York: D.Van Nostrand, 1970: 1180
2. Auburn University Herbarium ( http://www.auburn.edu/herbarium/), Department of Biological Sciences Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
3. Image by Zvezdana Ukropina-Crawford
4. USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Botanical Exploration in Floyd County, Georgia
A.W. Chapman collection from Floyd County, Georgia