Potato
Solanum tuberosum · Nightshade family
Plant portrait
Potatoes form leafy clumps and underground tubers derived from stems.
Harvested part
Sound edible tubers; never leaves, berries, sprouts or green parts.
What to watch for
Follow foliage; exposed tubers make the model readable and are not fruits.
Growth stages of the potato
Plotilo illustrates the potato in 5 stages in 3D: seed, small sprout, young plant, growing and harvest. The models show typical shapes; they do not predict how long growth takes.
- Seed
Starting from a seed. It is shown on the surface to make it visible in this illustration.
- Small sprout
A short first stem and its first small leaves emerge.
- Young plant
The young plant carries more leaves and starts to take its own shape.
- Growing
Leaves and stems develop. Their shape depends on the species.
- Harvest
An illustration of the harvested part. Roots are made visible for clarity; this image does not confirm actual maturity.
Same botanical family
Same botanical family as the potato (the nightshade family): the tomato, the pepper, the aubergine, the litchi tomato, the chilli pepper, the pepino and 1 more plants from the catalogue. Gardeners usually avoid growing the same family in the same spot several years in a row: that is the idea behind crop rotation.