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Convolvulaceae

Bejuco de puerco

Ipomoea setifera Poir.

Family
Convolvulaceae
Genus
Ipomoea

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Bejuco de puerco: Ipomoea setifera, in the El Yunque National Forest, eastern Puerto Rico.
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Bejuco de puerco

Synonyms

  • Calystegia setifera Meisn.
  • Calystegia setifera var. poeppigii Meisn.
  • Convolvulus breviflorus Spreng.
  • Convolvulus ruber Vahl
  • Convolvulus setifer Spreng.
  • Ipomoea assumptionis Britton
  • Ipomoea breviflora (Spreng.) G.Mey.
  • Ipomoea calidicola Standl. & L.O.Williams
  • Ipomoea lesteri Baker
  • Ipomoea palustris (Urb.) Urb.
  • Ipomoea rubra (Vahl) Millsp.
  • Ipomoea rubra var. alboflavida Urb.
  • Ipomoea rubra var. palustris Urb.
  • Ipomoea serrulifera Standl. & L.O.Williams
  • Ipomoea setifera var. poeppigii (Meisn.) Hoehne
  • Sciadiara ruber Raf.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Vine
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.