French names:
Sicyos anguleux Family: Gourd Family (Cucurbitaceae) Similar species: • Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis lobata) • Canada Moonseed (Menispermum canadense) - Leaves are similar.
Flowers: Summer; White; 5 parts (petals) Leaves: Alternate Habitat: Forests Grows in Sun/Shade:
Shade Books: Newcomb's Wildflower Guide: 328 Native/Non-native:
Native Origin and Meaning of Names:
Scientific Name: angulatus: angular For more information visit: Ontario Wildflowers Photographs:
90 photographs available, of which 9 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Range Map is at the bottom of the page
A One-seeded Bur Cucumber flower.
A couple of flowers from the underside.
Side view of a flower.
A One-seeded Bur Cucumber flower, flower stalk, and leaf.
Flower just about to open.
One-seeded Bur Cucumber is a vine, with many tendrils with which it attaches itself to surrounding vegetation.
Some tendrils that have not yet curled around another plant.
Also showing a young leaf.
PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.
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