| Scientific Name: | Ipomoea batatas cvs. |
| Common Name: | sweet potato vine |
| Family Name: | Convolvulaceae |
| Origin: | Central America, South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as) |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Irregular, Open, Pendulous |
| Form: | Climbing, Irregular, Weeping |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Hanging basket, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Ovate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Magenta, Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Trailing, annual vine often used in containers; leaves alternate, ovate, 5-20cm long x 3-22cm wide, base cordate, margin entire or with 3-5 lobes, colour varies with cultivar (gold, lime-green, purple, etc). | |