IPOMOEA PUBESCENS

This member of the Convolvulaceae family was described by Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de Lamarck in 1791. It's found from southern U.S.A. through Mexico to Paraguay. Give it a well- drained soil, some water and sun, and it will give you fine blue flowers with white throat. The bulb will grow to ten centimetres in diameter, the vines to two meters. The generic name Ipomoea is derived from the Greek ἴψ, ἰπός; íps, ipós, meaning 'woodworm', and ὅμοιος; hómoios, meaning 'resembling'. It referring to their twining habit. The species name means 'hairy' for the fruits. Synonyms: Aniseia heterophylla (Ortega) Meisn. Batatas heterophylla (Ortega) G.Don Batatas papiru (Ruiz & Pav.) G.Don Batatas subtriloba (Ruiz & Pav.) G.Don Batatas willdenowii (Schult.) G.Don Convolvuloides pilosa Moench Convolvulus heterophyllus (Ortega) Spreng. Convolvulus paspiria Spreng. Ipomoea bulbocastana Moc. & Sessé ex Choisy Ipomoea heterophylla Ortega Ipomoea heterophylla var. subcomosa House Ipomoea hirsuta Schrank Ipomoea lindheimeri var. subintegra House Ipomoea martiusiana Steud. Ipomoea ortegae Poir. Ipomoea papiru Ruiz & Pav. Ipomoea subtriloba Ruiz & Pav. Ipomoea varia Roth Ipomoea willdenowii Roem. & Schult. Pharbitis heterophylla (Ortega) Choisy Pharbitis pubescens (Lam.) Choisy Pharbitis varia (Roth) G.Don.