is potato annual, biennial or perennial plant?

5 responses so far ↓

• 1 PJ // Nov 3, 2008

  Annual. It blooms the same year you plant it and they need to be planted every year. I believe a potato is an annual.

  Biennial - blooms the second year it is planted then dies.

  Perennial - plant it once and it returns every year - blooming for a short period of time.

• 2 tinarsfamily // Nov 3, 2008

  Well you have to plant them every year so they are annual plants !!

• 3 saffronesque // Nov 3, 2008

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato In this source, the potato is listed as a herbaceous perennial! If the potatoes are not harvested they would re-sprout from the tubers left underground. Potatoes can be grown from seeds as well.

• 4 Elizabeth H // Nov 3, 2008

  the potato is a Herbaceous annual (Solanum tuberosum)

  EDIT -
  potato - annual native to South America
  dictionary.reference.com/browse/potato

  potato - Herbaceous annual (Solanum tuberosum)
  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

• 5 Tony White // Nov 3, 2008

  It is a perennial. Annuals and biennials die completely after flowering. The tuber of the potato will re-grow the following year, all being well.