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Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray
wild cucumber

       
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Photo of Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, MA, Stoughton. Usage Requirements.
 
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Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray

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Synonyms:
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray

  MILO4 Micrampelis lobata (Michx.) Greene
  SILO8 Sicyos lobata Michx.
 

Distribution:
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray

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USA (AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray

View 34 genera in Cucurbitaceae, 1 species in Echinocystis
 

Classification:
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Violales
Family Cucurbitaceae – Cucumber family
Genus Echinocystis Torr. & A. Gray – echinocystis
Species Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray – wild cucumber
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray

wild balsamapple
wild cucumber
wild mock cucumber

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FACW- FAC FACW- FACW- FAC FAC FAC FAC FAC FACU NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22378.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

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Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A. Gray

IL-Weeds of the North Central States

 
 
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