Sicyos angulatus Linnaeus. Common name: Bur-cucumber, Nimble-Kate, Star-cucumber. Phenology: May-Nov. Habitat: Moist forests and thickets. Distribution: S. ME west to MN and se. ND, south to Panhandle FL and c. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, Fl2, FNA6, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Nesom (2011a). Basionym: Sicyos angulatus L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Sicyos angulatus - FNA6
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FACW
- Midwest: FACW
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Vining annual of moist forests and thickets on floodplains and in disturbed areas.
Stems: Stems light green, angled, hairy and climbing over other plants with branched tendrils.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, nearly round in outline but palmately 3- to 5-lobed, to 8 in. long and wide, finely toothed, rough-hairy above.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Female and male flowers separate: female in round, densely flowered clusters on short stalks, male in few-flowered, long-stalked clusters. Flowers greenish-white, about 1/3 in. wide, with 5 spreading, pointed lobes.
Fruits: Fruit a yellowish, oval berry covered in sharp bristles and grouped in round, compact clusters.
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Height: to 25 ft. long
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description: Vining annual of moist forests and thickets on floodplains and in disturbed areas.
stems: Stems light green, angled, hairy and climbing over other plants with branched tendrils.
leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, nearly round in outline but palmately 3- to 5-lobed, to 8 in. long and wide, finely toothed, rough-hairy above.
inflorescence:
flowers: Female and male flowers separate: female in round, densely flowered clusters on short stalks, male in few-flowered, long-stalked clusters. Flowers greenish-white, about 1/3 in. wide, with 5 spreading, pointed lobes.
fruits: Fruit a yellowish, oval berry covered in sharp bristles and grouped in round, compact clusters.
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