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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sicyos angulatus   FAMILY Cucurbitaceae   Go to FSUS key



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


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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).


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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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1377

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)

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Invasive?

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

 

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