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Arboretum Images 3
... to prolonged drought is well developed in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). In fact, the wild cucumber vine (Marah macrocarpus) that climbs over shrubs in the coastal sage scrub adjacent to ... early spring in southern California. Unlike edible fruits of the gourd family, called pepos, the wild cucumber is a capsule that splits open at one end. Xanthorrhoea Family (Xanthorrhoeaceae) Grass tree ( ...
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Arboretum Images 8
... California. Another Species Of Yerba Santa In San Diego County Cucumber Family (Cucurbitaceae) The massive caudex and spiny seed capsules of wild cucumber (Marah macrocarpus), a native caudiciform member of the gourd family ... early spring in southern California. Unlike edible fruits of the gourd family called pepos, the wild cucumber is a capsule that splits open at one end. See The Wayne's Word ...
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Vegetative Terminology (Part 1)
... tubers. This ingenious adaptation is well developed in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). In fact, the wild cucumber vine (Marah macrocarpus) that climbs over shrubs in the chaparral and coastal sage scrub ... Garden, 1980). The Massive Woody Caudex Of Turtleback Plant The Massive, Tuberous Caudex Of Wild Cucumber See The Welwitschia Plant From The Namib Desert The Massive Pachycaul Trunk Of An ...
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Fruit Terminology (Part 4)
... species in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) produce a dehiscent capsule rather than a pepo. This wild cucumber fruit (Marah macrocarpus) splits open at one end exposing four chambers, each containing several large ...
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Iron Mt. Checklist
... edulis, ladies-fingers Dudleya pulverulenta, chalk lettuce CUCURBITACEAE - Gourd Family Marah macrocarpus, wild cucumber D Back To The Dicot Alphabetical Index Table No Dicot Families ... Family Achnatherum coronata, giant needlegrass Agrostis pollens (=diegoensis), leafy bentgrass Avena barbata*, slender wild oat Bothriochloa barbinodis, beard-grass Bromus diandrus*, ripgut grass Bromus mollis*, ...
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The World of Gourds
... Gourds (Cucurbita pepo); 3. Summer Crookneck (Cucurbita pepo); 4. Wild Cucumber (Marah macrocarpus); 5. Horned Cucumber (Cucumis metuliferus); 6. Coyote Melon (Cucurbita foetidissima); 7. ... wild cucumber (Marah macrocarpus) do not produce the typical pepo fruit of the Gourd Family. Instead they produce seed-bearing capsules that split open at one end. Following winter and spring rains, wild cucumber ...
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Fruit Identification Outline
... with a hard, thick rind; typical fruit of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). E.g. watermelon, cucumber, squash, cantelope and pumpkin. The Remarkable World Of Gourds 3. Hesperidium: Berry with a leathery ... legumes there are a few exceptions to the typical form of siliques and silicles. In wild radish (Raphanus) the silique does not split lengthwise, but instead it breaks transversely into several ...
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Devils Claws
... them: As a dark strip for coiled baskets, as a vegetable crop or substitute for cucumber pickles, as an art design for bizarre little creatures, or just for their beautiful flowers ... (Martyniaceae) Under Domestication." American Journal of Botany 69: 1531-1537. Jaeger, E.C. 1941. Desert Wild Flowers. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California. Janzen, D.H., and P.S. Martin. 1982. "Neotropical ...
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Cauliflory
... (Digitalis), penstemons (Penstemon), and snapdragons (Antirrhinum). See Jaboticaba Tree With Cauliflorous Berries See Cucumber Tree With Cauliflorous Fruits See Cauliflorous Star Fruits (Carambola) The North American redbud ( ... of cauliflory is Ficus pretoriae, an unusual African fig planted at San Diego Wild Animal Park. The globose, fleshy structures which most people call fruits are attached ...
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