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• n  vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers
• n  copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blue

• giant potato creeper
• Solanum wendlandii
• Solanum jasmoides

News & Articles

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• Scientists deploy beetle in invasive plant battle
  The leafy, green air potato vine is menacing hardwood hammocks, pine flatwoods and wetlands in every Florida county. / File photo LITHIA — Scientists hope a beetle will help them stop an invasive plant from smothering Florida’s native habitats.
  Aug. 9, 2013 - The Bay Bulletin