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Plant press of Wild cucumber
Wild cucumber
Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) T. + G.

 

Plant Description:

  • Climbing succulent growing up to 6 m long
  • Climbs and wraps itself around other plants with its tendrils
  • Leaves are deeply lobed about 3 times and are thin and light green
  • Numerous, very small white-green flowers
  • Fruits are softly prickly, very fleshy and green
  • Found in wet areas such as marshes
  • Found at Stops 3 and 6

 

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-Sourced from Budd's Flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces, 1979 and
Plants of the Western Boreal Forest & Aspen Parkland, 1995.
Refer to references for full publication details.


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