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Photographer: Dennis W. Woodland
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Family Cucurbitaceae
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray
balsam-apple, wild-cucumber
Echinocystis: Greek echinos for "hedgehog" and cystis for "bladder," from prickly fruit
lobata: Latin for "lobed"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | annual, herbaceous vine; stems with many branching tendrils |
| Flower: | white, 6-parted, 1/3" wide, male flowers star-like with thin, long petals; inflorescence with male flowers in a long, erect cluster (raceme) interspersed with 1 to a few female flowers; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | green, oval, 1" long, inflated capsule with soft prickles; 4 seeds |
| Leaf: | long-stalked, 3-5 sharply-triangular lobes |
| Habitat: | wet to moist; streambanks, thickets, roadsides |
| (Glossary) |
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