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Rumex sagittatus, synonym Acetosa sagittata, commonly known as turkey rhubarb or rambling dock or potato vine, is a herbaceous perennial plant native to southern Africa, which has become a weed in Australia and New Zealand.
Ipomoea pandurata, known as man of the earth, [1] wild potato vine, manroot, wild sweet potato, and wild rhubarb, [2] is a species of herbaceous perennial vine native to North America. It is a twining plant of woodland verges and rough places with heart-shaped leaves and funnel-shaped white flowers with a pinkish throat.
Apios americana, sometimes called the American groundnut, potato bean, hopniss, Indian potato, hodoimo, America-hodoimo, cinnamon vine, or groundnut (not to be confused with other plants in the subfamily Faboideae sometimes known by that name) is a perennial vine that bears edible beans and large edible tubers.
Potato vine may apply to several plant species of the genus Solanum. Solanum crispum, also called Chilean potato vine; Solanum laxum, (Solanum jasminoides) ...
This handsome native acts somewhat like a shrub, but it can also be used as a tall backdrop in the perennial garden. It grows to 4 feet tall and wide, and it does best with morning sun and shade ...
Perennial crops are a perennial plant species that are cultivated and live longer than two years without the need of being replanted each year. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Naturally perennial crops include many fruit and nut crops; some herbs and vegetables also qualify as perennial.
The whitestar potato that it produces is traditionally consumed by a number of Native American tribes like the Chiricahua Apaches. [citation needed] Other animals usually avoid eating this plant due to the high alkaloid content which makes it unpalatable. In some cases the amount of alkaloid in the plant can make it toxic.
Dioscorea bulbifera is a perennial vine with broad, alternate leaves, and two types of storage organs. The plant forms bulbils in the leaf axils of the twining stems, and tubers beneath the ground. These tubers are like small, oblong potatoes.