Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Cucurbitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cucurbita pepo
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
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INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cucurbita pepo var. pepo
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cucurbita pepo
INCLUDING Flora of North America
Cucurbita pepo ssp. pepo
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cucurbita pepo var. pepo
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-01-001:
Cucurbita pepo FAMILY Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pepo pepo
COMMON NAME:
Pumpkin, Zucchini, Ornamental Gourd, Vegetable Marrow
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cucurbita pepo
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cucurbita pepo var. pepo
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cucurbita pepo
INCLUDING
Flora of North America
Cucurbita pepo ssp. pepo
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cucurbita pepo var. pepo
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-01-001:
Cucurbita pepo
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pepo pepo
4342
Herbaceous vine (with tendrils); 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: tropical America
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Simple - palmately 3-7 lobed
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellowish-orange
5-6 lobed calyx
5-6 lobed campanulate corolla
Inferior ovary
Unisexual
Flowers in leaf axils, solitary or in fascicles of 2-5
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Berry
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