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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sicyos angulatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
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Read more about Bur Cucumber at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sicyos angulatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sicyos angulatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sicyos angulatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-07-001:
Sicyos angulatus FAMILY Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sicyos angulatus
COMMON NAME:
Bur-cucumber, Star-cucumber, Nimble-Kate
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sian_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_sian_004_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230623_4165
June Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm100807_358
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves 3-5 lobed with acute lobes & apex and widely cordate base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
palmately veined leaves of vines
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JK Marlow jkm130823_487
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Flowers greenish-white with 5-lobed corollas, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm130823_490
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Male (staminate) flowers in long-stalked racemes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm130823_491
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140922_897
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140922_898
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Tendrils with 3 branches, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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JK Marlow jkm140922_900
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Ellipsoid berries are 1-2 cm long and hispid with long brittle trichomes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm140922_912
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Pistillate flowers in short-stalked clusters in leaf axils, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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JK Marlow jkm140930_975
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Roxanna Martin rlm91909_034
September Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm9709_310
September Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm121013_487
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm121013_494
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm121013_495
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm121013_498
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Stem covered with sticky hairs, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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JK Marlow jkm121013_499
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Branched tendrils opposite the leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm141031_494b
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
A good view of the relative positions of staminate and pistillate flowers.
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JK Marlow jkm141031_551
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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Keith Bradley kab_sicyos_angulatus_3072
October Richland County SC
Three Rivers Greenway
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Keith Bradley kab_sicyos_angulatus_3099
October Richland County SC
Three Rivers Greenway
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sicyos angulatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sicyos angulatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sicyos angulatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Sicyos angulatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-07-001:
Sicyos angulatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sicyos angulatus
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Climbing herbaceous vine
Annual/Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Moist forests and thickets, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Fruit covered with long, firm, stiff trichomes
LEAVES:
Simple - palmately lobed
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Greenish-white
5-lobed rotate corolla
Inferior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p328
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p122
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p163
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p106
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p168
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