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Sicyos angulatus Linnaeus, 1753
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The native Bur Cucumber occurs occasionally in scattered counties across Illinois (see Distribution Map). Habitats include openings in floodplain forests, moist meadows in floodplain areas, thickets, banks of ditches and rivers, and edges of fields. Moist disturbed areas are preferred. Faunal Associations
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Sicyos angulatus (Bur Cucumber)
(Bees collect pollen or suck nectar; other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn cp
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Sphecius speciosus; Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Chalybion californicus, Sceliphron caementaria, Sphex ichneumonea; Vespidae: Dolichovespula maculata, Polistes annularis, Polistes carolina, Polistes fuscata fq, Vespula germanica
Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus, Toxomerus politus; Tachinidae: Winthemia quadripustulata; Calliphoridae: Lucilia illustris, Lucilia sericata; Muscidae: Musca domestica
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 4
Specimens with Barcodes: 7
Species With Barcodes: 1
Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
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Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
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Sicyos angulatus,[1] the burr cucumber or star-cucumber is an annual vine in the cucumber family native to eastern North America.
The plant forms mats or climbs using tendrils. The leaves are palmately veined and lobed, flowers green to yellowish green, fruits in clusters of very small pepos.
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Notes[edit]
- ^ "Sicyos angulatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 16, 2007.
References[edit]
- Blanchan, Neltje (2002). Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
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This herbaceous plant is an annual vine up to 25' long that develops multiple lanky stems. This vine can climb over adjacent vegetation and fences using its branched tendrils, otherwise it sprawls across the ground. The stems are light green, terete, furrowed, and quite hairy. The alternate leaves are up to 8" long and across (excluding the petioles); they are orbicular-angular with 3-5 palmate lobes that are shallow to moderately deep. Leaf margins are slightly serrated. The upper surface of each leaf is yellowish green or medium green and relatively hairless, while the lower surface is finely pubescent, especially along the lower veins. The petiole of each leaf is up to 5" long; it is light green, rather stout, and quite hairy. The leaf blade is strongly indented at the base where it is connected to the petiole. Occasionally, branched tendrils and racemes of flowers occur oppositely from the alternate leaves along the vine. Bur Cucumber is usually monoecious and produces both staminate (male) and pistillate (female) flowers on the same plant. Each staminate flower has a green calyx with 5 teeth, a greenish white corolla with 5 spreading lobes, and a central column of stamens that is knobby at its apex. The teeth of the calyx are short and broad with recurved tips. The lobes of the corolla have a network of green lines on a white background. The staminate flowers are individually about 1/3" across and they tend to bloom in small clusters toward the apex of the raceme. Each pistillate flower has a large ovary that is enclosed within an ovoid fruit about ½" long. The surface of this fruit is covered with sharp spines and long white hairs; it is initially green, but later turns brown. A single style is exerted from the terminal end of this fruit. The pistillate flowers are bunched together in a short raceme; a typical raceme has 3-10 pistillate flowers. The peduncles and pedicels of both staminate and pistillate racemes are light green and pubescent. The blooming period occurs from late summer to early fall and lasts about 3 weeks. There is no noticeable floral scent. Each bur-like fruit contains a single large seed that is brown and flattened; this seed is tapered at one end more than the other and it has a rough surface. The root system consists of a shallow branched taproot. This plant spreads by reseeding itself. Cultivation
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The native Bur Cucumber occurs occasionally in scattered counties across Illinois (see Distribution Map). Habitats include openings in floodplain forests, moist meadows in floodplain areas, thickets, banks of ditches and rivers, and edges of fields. Moist disturbed areas are preferred. Faunal Associations
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Canada
Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
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