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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

NCBG trait

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.

Comments:

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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