Leaf-blades deeply palmately 3–5-lobed. Pistillate flowers: hyaline bristle at apex of hypanthial aculei 2–3 times longer than opaque base. Pepos obscurely aculeate, aculei 1–2 mm.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Pastures, old fields, fencerows, roadsides, lake shores, hammocks
Elevation: 20–500 m
Distribution
Introduced; Calif., Ga., Mass., N.Y., Africa, Atlantic Islands (Cape Verde Islands), also in Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Pacific Islands (Marquesas Islands), Australia
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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2-3 times longer than opaque base +
cordate +
0.9-1(-2) +
deeply palmately 3-5-lobed;weakly 3-lobed or nearly unlobed +
absent +
hyaline +
adnate +
broadened +
puberulent +
campanulate;infundibular +
straight +
berrylike +
aculeate +
distinct +
pistillate +
fascicles +
3;10 +
unisexual +
glabrous +
perennial +
infundibular;campanulate +
umbellate;subumbellate +
true +
3-5-lobed +
alternate +
broadly elliptic;obovate spatulate or ovate +
fimbriate +
not differentiated +
ovoid;ellipsoid +
15;150 +
dilated +
straight +
yellow +
elliptic;ovate or obovate +
hispid;setose +
absent +
fingerlike +
Sp. Pl. +
1753 +
woody +
thin +
woody +
thick +
not arillate +
50;500 +
straight +
connate +
vestigial +
linear;oblong or +
Introduced +
connate +
absent +
annual +
trailing +
hispid;hirsute +
light green +
longitudinal +
short-columnar +
indehiscent +
muricate +
aculeate +
Cucumis anguria var. anguria +
Cucumis anguria +
variety +
absent +
setose +
distinct +
oblong +
replicate +
exalbuminous +
annual +
trailing +
dioecious +