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potato, sweet

Plant

  • Grown as an annual
  • Perennial trailing vine

Stem

  • Alternate leaf arrangement

Leaf

  • Variable
  • 2-6" long
  • Broadly ovate to heart-shaped
  • Irregularly lobed
  • Green, often with purple

Flower

  • 1-3" wide
  • Funnel-shaped
  • Pink, purple

Root

  • Edible tuberous root
  • Size, shape, color vary by cultivar
  • Orange, tan, red, purple
  • Flesh is orange or yellow