Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Cucurbitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cucumis sativus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cucumis sativus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cucumis sativus
INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Cucumis sativus var. sativus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cucumis sativus
COMMON NAME:
Cucumber
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cucumis sativus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cucumis sativus
FAMILY
Cucurbitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cucumis sativus
INCLUDING
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Cucumis sativus var. sativus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cucumis sativus
4361
Herbaceous vine (with tendrils); Forb
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: south Asia
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Simple - palmately lobed
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
5-6 lobed calyx
5-6 lobed campanulate corolla
Inferior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Berry
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