| Plant Photo | Scientific Name | Common Name and Description | Seed Photo |
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Citrullus vulgaris | Common Name: Watermelon
Leaves: Ovate to ovate-oblong in out line, to 2 dm long, cordate at base, pinnately deeply divided into 3 or 4 pairs of lobes and these again lobed and toothed Flowers: Small, solitary in the axils, corolla about 4 cm across, rotate, with 5 lobes obovate and obtuse Fruit: Globular or oblong, sometimes to 6 dm long, glabrous, with a green or variously striped hard but not durable rind and sweet juicy red, yellow or greenish flesh; seeds numerous, black, white, or reddish, flat, smooth, to 15 mm long Habitat: Locally abundant in sandy soils in several localities, especially in east and south Texas Range: Native of tropical and warm temerature Africa Group: Dicot Family: Cucurbitaceae Growth Habit: Vine/Forb/Herb - pubescent annual with long-running prostrate leafy stems Duration: Annual U.S. Nativity: Introduced |
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Cucurbita foetidissima | Common Name: Buffalo Gourd or Calabacilla Loca
Leaves: Coarse and thick, triangular-ovate, at most shallowly angulate-lobed, broadly rounded to cordate at base, acute to acuminate at apex, growing to at least 3 dm long, nauseously ill-smelling (especially when bruised), grayish-green, rough to touch Flowers: Corolla to 1 dm long, flaring above the middle Fruit: Mostly globose, green with lighter stripes, lemon-yellow when ripe, to 75 mm in diameter Habitat: In sandy or gravelly soils in waste places, especially along roadsides Range: Primarily in the west half of Texas; Missouri and Nebraska south to Texas, Arizona, southern California, and Mexico Group: Dicot Family: Cucurbitaceae Growth Habit: Vine/Forb/Herb - rank growing and rampant, with a frequently huge fusiform perennial root producing numerous widely running stems to 6 m Duration: Annual U.S. Nativity: Native |
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Cucurbita maxima | Common Name: Winter Squash
Leaves: Flowers: Large orange-yellow pistillate flowers in leaf axils, staminate flowers on stalks Fruit: Large green to orange Habitat: Well drained, fertile, frost-free soils Range: North America and Caribbean Group: Dicot Family: Cucurbitaceae Growth Habit: Vine/Forb/Herb - sprawling prickly stems, tendrils opposite large leaves Duration: Annual U.S. Nativity: Introduced |
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Cucurbita moschata | Common Name: Field Pumpkin, Butternut Squash, Seminole Pumpkin, or Crookneck Squash
Leaves: Flowers: Large orange-yellow pistillate flowers in leaf axils, staminate flowers on stalks Fruit: Large green to orange Habitat: Well drained, fertile, frost-free soils Range: North America and Caribbean Group: Dicot Family: Cucurbitaceae Growth Habit: Vine/Forb/Herb - Duration: Annual U.S. Nativity: Introduced |
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Lagenaria siceraria - A monotypic genus | Common Name: Bottle Gourd or White-Flowered Gourd
Leaves: Ovate to ovate-reniform and cordate-based, 15-30 cm wide, usually not lobed, margins apiculate-dentate Flowers: On long peduncles and commonly surpassing the leaves, anthers only slightly coherent Fruit: To 3 dm long or more, varying from disk-shaped to nearly globular and bottle-shaped, dumbell-shaped, club-shaped, crooknecked or coiled, with a hard usually greenish or tan but sometimes striped or mottled durable shell, occasionally knobby or ridged; seeds tan to brown, ridged on the margins and cornered, oblong to squarish Habitat: In sandy or gravelly soils in waste places, especially along roadsides Range: Old world origin, but cultivated throughout the world, sometimes spontaneous in east and south Texas Group: Dicot Family: Cucurbitaceae Growth Habit: Vine/Forb/Herb - musky-scented soft viscid-pubescent monoecous (staminate and pistillate flowers on same plant) or rarely dioecious (staminate and pistillate flowers on different plant) annual vine with branched tendrils Duration: Annual U.S. Nativity: Introduced |
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