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				Other common names: Wild Balsam Apple, Wild Cucumber
            Native
                    
            Family: 
                Cucurbitaceae (Cucumber)
			Height: 2 to 10 ft.
			
			(vine)
			
			
			
			Blooms: June to
				October
			
			Leaf Type:
			lobed
			
			Bloom Size:  0.5 in. (typical)
			Flower Description:
			
				Elongate clusters,
				
				Parts indistinct
			
			Location: Youghiogheny River Trail
			Date:  8/26/2006
			
			
		
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				We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
		grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.