| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Mostly in the outer Coastal Plain; also the Piedmont portion of Lee County.
Native of the Andes of South America; in N.A. scattered across most of Canada and the U.S., with big gap in Midwest Plains and Rockies. | |
| Abundance | Rare. The plant barely escapes from cultivation. | |
| Habitat | Dumps, trash heaps, cropfield, waste place. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting June-August. | |
| Identification | The Potato as a plant is hardly known to most people. The stems grow 1-2.5 feet tall, the leaves are pinnately compound, with about 7 ovate leaflets that have entire margins (not lobed or cut). The flowers are white to lavender, and typical-looking for a Solanum. The "potatoes" are underground thick tubers. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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| USACE-agcp | | |
| USACE-emp | | |
