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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cucurbita melopepo var. melopepo   FAMILY Cucurbitaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cucurbita pepo var. ovifera   FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cucurbita melopepo ssp. melopepo

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)

Cucurbita melopepo ssp. melopepo var. melopepo

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)

Cucurbita pepo var. ovifera

 

COMMON NAME:
Crookneck Squash, Straightneck Squash, Acorn Squash, Spaghetti Squash


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image of Cucurbita melopepo var. melopepo, Crookneck Squash, Straightneck Squash, Acorn Squash, Spaghetti Squash

JK Marlow    jkm200618_5937

June    Greenville County    SC

Stems and leaves hispid with pustulate-based hairs, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Cucurbita melopepo var. melopepo, Crookneck Squash, Straightneck Squash, Acorn Squash, Spaghetti Squash

JK Marlow    jkm200618_5938

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Cucurbita melopepo var. melopepo, Crookneck Squash, Straightneck Squash, Acorn Squash, Spaghetti Squash

JK Marlow    jkm200618_5939

June    Greenville County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cucurbita melopepo var. melopepo   FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cucurbita pepo var. ovifera   FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cucurbita melopepo ssp. melopepo

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Cucurbita melopepo ssp. melopepo var. melopepo

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)
Cucurbita pepo var. ovifera

 

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4360

Herbaceous vine; Forb
Annual

Habitat: Gardens, fields, trash heaps; commonly cultivated in home gardens and commercially, rarely volunteering from seed the following year, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: tropical America

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Simple - palmately lobed
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
5-6 lobed calyx
5-6 lobed campanulate corolla
Inferior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Berry

 

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