OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Cucurbitales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Citrullus lanatus   FAMILY Cucurbitaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Citrullus lanatus, Watermelon

JK Marlow    jkm200910_7169

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Citrullus lanatus, Watermelon

JK Marlow    jkm200910_7170

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Citrullus lanatus, Watermelon

JK Marlow    jkm200910_7171

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Citrullus lanatus, Watermelon

JK Marlow    jkm200910_7172

September    Greenville County    SC

Corolla yellow, broadly campanulate, lobes about as long as tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Citrullus lanatus, Watermelon

JK Marlow    jkm200914_7203

September    Greenville County    SC

Leaves pinnately lobed, the divisions rounded, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Citrullus lanatus, Watermelon

JK Marlow    jkm200914_7204

September    Greenville County    SC

 

 

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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4246

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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