45. Ipomoea pandurata (Linnaeus) G. Meyer, Prim. Fl. Esseq. 100. 1818.
[E F W]
Man-of-the-earth
Convolvulus panduratus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 153. 1753
Perennials, root relatively large. Stems usually twining, sometimes trailing. Leaf blades cordate, cordate-ovate, or pandurate, 30–100 × 20–90 mm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous or abaxial hairy. Peduncles glabrous. Flowers: sepals elliptic-oblong, 12–22 mm, outers sometimes shorter than inners, coriaceous, surfaces glabrous; corolla white, throat lavender or purple-red inside, funnelform, 50–80 mm. 2n = 30.
Flowering Jun–Sep. Abandoned plantings, fields, prairies; 0–600 m; Ont.; Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va.
