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vandaliatraveler · 2 years
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A few late summer odds and ends from a bike ride on the Mon River Trail yesterday. The asters are really starting to pop now as the days grow noticeably shorter and autumn closes in. A number of interesting vines are also in bloom and producing fruit for wildlife before the first frost. Climbing false buckwheat (Fallopia scandens) and oneseed bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus), a member of the gourd family, are both aggressive twining vines with distinctive foliage, flowers, and fruits. 
From top: a goldenrod soldier beetle strikes nectar gold on a wingstem flower (Verbesina alternifolia); Short’s aster (Symphyotrichum shortii), a really beautiful perennial often found growing in dry to mesic oak-hickory woods with limestone near the surface; climbing false buckwheat, a delicate twiner whose pendulous fruit has three ruffled sides, like pantaloons; oneseed bur cucumber, whose bristly fruit can cause painful stings; crooked-stemmed aster (Symphyotrichum prenanthoides), also known as zag-zag aster, whose stems often zig-zag between the nodes of its spatula-shaped leaves; and the glorious New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae), one of the most important pollinator plants of late summer and early autumn.
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krs955 · 3 years
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アレチウリ (荒れ地瓜, oneseed bur cucumber, star-cucumber, ウリ科, :: Sicyos angulatus L. ). 北米原産.
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tangledwing · 6 years
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Oneseed bur cucumber or star-cucumber (Sicyos angulatus) is an annual vine in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae, native to eastern North America. The plant forms mats or climbs using tendrils. The leaves are palmately veined and lobed, the flowers are green to yellowish green, and the fruits form clusters of very small pepos. Bumblebees and honey bees, as well as various flies, sphecid wasps and vespid wasps are attracted to the nectar produced by the flowers.
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lafiettetrowerlove · 4 years
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For just $4.24 Please use dropdown box to order ! bur cucumber, any of several tropical climbing plants in the genus Sicyos, of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). One species (S. angulatus), known also as star cucumber, is native to North America. A bur cucumber has sharply lobed leaves, forked tendrils, clusters of five-petaled white flowers that are borne at the ends of long stalks that arise from the leaf axils, and clusters of oval, prickly, single-seeded fruits. Herb: Bur Cucumber Latin name: Sicyos angulatus Family: Cucurbitaceae (Cucumber Family, Gourd Family) Medicinal use of Bur Cucumber: A decoction of the vine has been used in the treatment of venereal disease. Genus Sicyos Species Angulatus Common name Bur Cucumber Other Names Oneseed Bur Cucumber Pre-Treatment Not-required Hardiness zones 3 - 8 Height 25'-30'/7.6m - 9.1m Plant type Annual vine Vegetation type Deciduous Exposure Full Sun, Partial Sun Growth rate Fast Soil PH Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline Soil type Loam, fertile, well drained Water requirements Average, Wet Landscape uses Quick growing wine with naturalistic look Germination rate 80% Bloom season Summer Leaf/Flower color Green/Green to yellowish Habitat of the herb: River banks and damp yards. Edible parts of Bur Cucumber: Leaves - cooked. They can be cooked as greens. The fruit is said to be edible. Possibly the seed is edible but there is no flesh on the fruit, it is just a bristly skin around the seed. The fruit is about 1cm long and is borne in small clusters. Propagation of the herb: Seed - sow in mid spring in a greenhouse. Germination should take place within 2 weeks. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots once they are large enough to handle. Make sure the compost is fairly rich and grow the plants fast. Plant them out after the last expected frosts and consider giving them some protection such as a cloche until they are growing away actively. The seed can also be sown in situ in late spring, though this sowing might not ...
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didyouknow-wp · 7 years
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