NameThatPlant.net: Cucurbita pepo

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

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Read more about Field Pumpkin at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cucurbita pepo var. pepo FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-01-001:

Cucurbita pepo FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

COMMON NAME:
Pumpkin, Zucchini, Ornamental Gourd, Vegetable Marrow

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

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cucurbita pepo var. pepo FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-01-001:
Cucurbita pepo FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

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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)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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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