Sicyos angulatus

Sicyos angulatus
Fruit and flowers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Sicyos
Species:
S. angulatus
Binomial name
Sicyos angulatus

Sicyos angulatus,[1] the oneseed bur cucumber[2] or star-cucumber is an annual vine in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae, native to eastern North America. The plant forms mats or climbs using tendrils. The leaves are palmately veined and lobed, the flowers are green to yellowish green, and the fruits form clusters of very small pepos.

  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.