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Photographer: Botanical Illustration
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Family Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbita pepo L.
field pumpkin, pumpkin
Cucurbita: Latin name for the gourd
pepo: from Latin pepo for a kind of melon and from Greek pepon for "ripe"
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| Status: | Introduced - rarely escaped |
| Plant: | trailing annual vine |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, bell shape |
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