Sicyos angulatus
| Sicyos angulatus | |
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| Fruit and flowers | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Sicyos |
| Species: | S. angulatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sicyos angulatus L. | |
Sicyos angulatus,[1] the oneseed bur cucumber[2] or star-cucumber is an annual vine in the cucumber family native to eastern North America.
The plant forms mats or climbs using tendrils. The leaves are palmately veined and lobed, flowers green to yellowish green, fruits in clusters of very small pepos.
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References
- ↑ "Sicyos angulatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
- ↑ "Sicyos angulatus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- Blanchan, Neltje (2002). Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
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