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Bur Cucumber (Echinocystis lobata)
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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.
