Family: Convolvulaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Naturalized outside native range
  
• Congeneric weeds exist
  
• Host for pests/pathogens
  
• Tolerates wide soil range
  
• Climbing/smothering growth
  
• Tuberous roots (vegetative regeneration)
  
• Dispersed unintentionally (dumps, discarded material)
  
• Tolerates mutilation, fire, and cultivation

Low Risk Traits:

• Not a weed in Hawaii (garden, ag, or environmental)
  
• No spines, thorns, or burrs
  
• Non-toxic (edible)
  
• Not shade tolerant
  
• Seed production rare
  
• Self-incompatible
  
• No wind, bird, or animal dispersal
  
• No persistent seed bank