NameThatPlant.net: Melothria pendula

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Cucurbitales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Melothria pendula FAMILY Cucurbitaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Creeping Cucumber at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Melothria pendula var. pendula FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-06-001:

Melothria pendula FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

COMMON NAME:
Creeping Cucumber

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Melothria pendula FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Melothria pendula var. pendula FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 177-06-001:
Melothria pendula FAMILY Cucurbitaceae

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Climbing herbaceous vine (with tendrils)
Annual
Polygamous or monoecious

Habitat: Bottomland forests, moist roadsides and disturbed areas, marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in Carolina Mountains)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple - palmately lobed
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
Inferior ovary
Unisexual (rarely bisexual)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Green/Black
Berry

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