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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Citrullus lanatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
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Read more about Watermelon at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Citrullus lanatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Citrullus lanatus ssp. lanatus
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-04-001:
Citrullus vulgaris FAMILY Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Citrullus citrullus
COMMON NAME:
Watermelon
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Corolla yellow, broadly campanulate, lobes about as long as tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Leaves pinnately lobed, the divisions rounded, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Citrullus lanatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Citrullus lanatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Citrullus lanatus ssp. lanatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-04-001:
Citrullus vulgaris
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Citrullus citrullus
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Herbaceous vine (trailing); Forb
Annual
Monoecious
Habitat: Gardens, fields, trash heaps, commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, sometimes volunteering from seed the following year, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: northern Africa
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Simple: Pinnately lobed or dissected
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
5-6 lobed calyx
5-6 lobed campanulate corolla
Inferior ovary
Unisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Berry
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