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):
Cucurbita pepo   FAMILY Cucurbitaceae   Go to FSUS key



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

 

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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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