Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Cucurbitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Cucumis sativus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cucumis sativus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
COMMON NAME:
Cucumber
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JK Marlow jkm200618_5935
June Greenville County SC
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June Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Cucumis sativus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cucumis sativus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
4361
Herbaceous vine (with tendrils); Forb
Non-native: south Asia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
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 - palmately lobed
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
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!