Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Cucurbitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Citrullus lanatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Watermelon at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Citrullus lanatus ssp. lanatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-04-001:
Citrullus vulgaris
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Citrullus citrullus
COMMON NAME:
Watermelon
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Corolla yellow, broadly campanulate, lobes about as long as tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Leaves pinnately lobed, the divisions rounded, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Citrullus lanatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Citrullus lanatus ssp. lanatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-04-001:
Citrullus vulgaris
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Citrullus citrullus
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Herbaceous vine (trailing); Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Non-native: northern Africa
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Waif(s)
Look for it in gardens, fields, trash heaps, commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, sometimes volunteering from seed the following year, 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.
LEAVES:
Simple: Pinnately lobed or dissected
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Unisexual
5-6 lobed calyx
5-6 lobed campanulate corolla
Inferior ovary
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!