Sicyos angulatus

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Sicyos angulatus [1], the burr cucumber or star-cucumber is an annual vine in the cucumber family native to eastern North America. The plant forms matts or climbs using tendrils. The leaves are palmately veined and lobed, flowers green to yellowish green, fruits in clusters of very small pepos.

 

Notes

  1. ^ Sicyos angulatus (TSN 22402). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on October 16 2007.

 

 References

  • Blanchan, Neltje (2002). Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.