Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Cucurbitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Cucumis sativus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
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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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JK Marlow jkm200618_5936
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
Habitat: Gardens, fields, trash heaps, commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, sometimes volunteering from seed the following year, per Weakley's Flora
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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
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