Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Cucurbitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sicyos angulatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sian_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_sian_004_lvd
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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
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm130823_491
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140922_897
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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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.
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm140930_975
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Roxanna Martin rlm91909_034
September Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm9709_310
September Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm121013_487
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm121013_494
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm121013_495
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm121013_498
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Stem covered with sticky hairs, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm141031_494b
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
A good view of the relative positions of staminate and pistillate flowers.
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JK Marlow jkm141031_551
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Keith Bradley kab_sicyos_angulatus_3072
October Richland County SC
Three Rivers Greenway
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Keith Bradley kab_sicyos_angulatus_3099
October Richland County SC
Three Rivers Greenway
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
1377
Climbing herbaceous vine
Annual/Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in moist forests and thickets, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Fruit covered with long, firm, stiff trichomes
LEAVES:
Simple - palmately lobed
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish-white
Unisexual
5-lobed rotate corolla
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p328
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p122
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p106
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p168