Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Cucurbitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sicyos angulatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
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Read more about Bur Cucumber at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sicyos angulatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-07-001:
Sicyos angulatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bur Cucumber, Star Cucumber, Nimble-Kate
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JK Marlow jkm100807_358
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves 3-5 lobed with acute lobes & apex and widely cordate base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
palmately veined leaves of vines
JK Marlow jkm130823_487
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Flowers greenish-white with 5-lobed corollas, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm130823_490
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Male (staminate) flowers in long-stalked racemes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm140922_898
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Tendrils borne to the side of leaves, palmately divided into 4 segments, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm140922_900
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Ellipsoid berries are 1-2 cm long and hispid with long brittle trichomes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm140922_912
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Pistillate flowers in short-stalked clusters in leaf axils, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
JK Marlow jkm121013_498
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Stem covered with sticky hairs, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
JK Marlow jkm121013_499
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Branched tendrils opposite the leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm141031_494b
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
A good view of the relative positions of staminate and pistillate flowers.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sicyos angulatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sicyos angulatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-07-001:
Sicyos angulatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae