Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Cucurbitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Cucurbita melopepo var. melopepo
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cucurbita pepo var. ovifera
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cucurbita melopepo ssp. melopepo var. melopepo
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)
Cucurbita pepo var. ovifera
COMMON NAME:
Crookneck Squash, Straightneck Squash, Acorn Squash, Spaghetti Squash
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JK Marlow jkm200618_5937
June Greenville County SC
Stems and leaves hispid with pustulate-based hairs, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm200618_5938
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200618_5939
June Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Cucurbita melopepo var. melopepo
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cucurbita pepo var. ovifera
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cucurbita melopepo ssp. melopepo var. melopepo
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)
Cucurbita pepo var. ovifera
4360
Herbaceous vine; Forb
Annual
Non-native: tropical America
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Look for it in gardens, fields, trash heaps; commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, rarely 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 - palmately lobed
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Unisexual
5-6 lobed calyx
5-6 lobed campanulate corolla
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!