Family: Convolvulaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Naturalized in Kruger National Park, South Africa
- Possibly weedy in cultivated settings
- Shade-tolerant
- Tolerates many soil types
- Climbing/smothering growth habit
- Reaches maturity in under 1 year
- Seeds dispersed intentionally by people and by water
- Can resprout if only aboveground vegetative material is removed
Low Risk Traits:
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
- Valued as an ornamental for the showy flowers