Scientific Name: Solanum tuberosum
Common Name: potato
Family Name: Solanaceae
Origin: South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C)
Plant Type: Annual, Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Arching
Form: Mounded
Texture: Coarse
Landscape Uses: Urban agriculture
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Leaves: Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Odd-pinnate, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Cyme, White, Blue, Purple, Pink, Jul-Aug-Sep
Fruit: Berry (true), Green, Purple
Key ID Features:
Leaves large and increasing in size towards top of plant, bright green, opposite, ovate with miniature leaves between sets of large leaves; stem thick and fleshy.