Marah gilensis (Greene) Greene

Gila manroot (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae > Marah

Characteristics

Leaf blades deeply 5–7-lobed, 4–10 cm wide, <surfaces not glaucous>. Flowers: sepals (pistillate) vestigial; petals 3–4 mm (pistillate) or 3–3.5 mm (staminate), corolla white, rotate; staminodia present but very inconspicuous in pistillate flowers. Capsules yellowish green, globose to subglobose or short-ellipsoid, 2.5–3 cm, surface densely echinate, spinules rigid, 2–3(–5) mm. Seeds 2–4, ovate to suborbiculate, slightly compressed, 10–12 mm. 2n = 30.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses poison vertebrate poison
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Distribution

Marah gilensis world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:152829-2
WFO ID wfo-0001300994
COL ID 3XY83
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Echinocystis gilensis Micrampelis gilensis Megarrhiza gilensis Marah gilensis