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Sicyos angulatus

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Sicyos angulatus
Fruit and flowers
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Binomial name
Sicyos angulatus

Sicyos angulatus,[1] the oneseed bur cucumber[2] or star-cucumber is an annual vine in the cucumber family native to eastern North America.

The plant forms mats or climbs using tendrils. The leaves are palmately veined and lobed, flowers green to yellowish green, fruits in clusters of very small pepos.

References

  1. ^ "Sicyos angulatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Sicyos angulatus​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 12 November 2015.