General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Biennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: In Water
Wet Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0)
Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 5a
Fruit: Edible to birds
Indehiscent
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Fruiting Time: Late winter or early spring
Flowers: Other
Flower Color: Green
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Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Cooked greens
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Fire Resistant
Salt tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Cane
Bulbs
Pollinators: Bumblebees
Miscellaneous: Endangered
Conservation status: Extinct in the Wild (EW)
Ploidy: Nonaploid or higher ploidy

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Common names
  • Day flower
  • Whitemouth dayflower
  • Widow's tears
  • Slender Dayflower
  • Scrub Dayflower
Comments:
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