Sicyos laciniatus
An annual, monoecious climber in Cucurbitaceae native from Arizona to Texas and Mexico and Hispaniola, growing in wet tropical biomes, with slender stems, white to pale yellow flowers, deeply cleft angular leaves, small spiny, ovoid fruits borne in capitate clusters along streams in Arizona and New Mexico, and staminate inflorescences of 3–10 flowers, first described by Linnaeus in 1753.
Common Names
Bur Cucumber, Cut-Leaf Burr-Cucumber, Streamside Burr-Cucumber
Summary
The cut-leaf burr-cucumber is an annual climbing vine in the Cucurbitaceae family, native to a range that includes Arizona to Texas and Mexico, as well as Hispaniola, and commonly found along streams in wet tropical biomes. It has slender stems with branching tendrils; leaves are alternate and angular to deeply cleft with rounded lobes; flowers are white to pale yellow, and small spiny, ovoid burr fruits about 6–7 mm long are borne in capitate clusters.
As a monoecious annual climber with slender stems and branching tendrils, it typically occurs along streamsides at elevations of 1,219–1,676 m (4,000–5,500 ft) and flowers from August to September, producing small spiny burr fruits in capitate clusters.
Lifecycle
Annual
Bloom Color
White to yellow, with greenish white or yellowish green tones.
Bloom Time
Fall
Growth Rate
Annual
Seasons of Interest
Summer and Fall
Taxonomy
- Taxonomic Rank
- Species
- Author
- L.
- Publication
- Sp. Pl. : 1013 (1753)
Superior Taxa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Subkingdom
- Pteridobiotina
- Phylum
- Angiosperms
- Order
- Cucurbitales
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Sicyos
Synonyms
Sicyos parvifolius Sicyos ampelophyllus Sicyos vitifolius Sicyos laciniatus var. subinteger Sicyos bourgaeanus