Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray, 1840 25% complete

Wild cucumber

Fl. N. Amer. 1: 542 (1840)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Echinocystis lobata, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced8 Source not recorded9 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Fl. N. Amer. 1: 542 (1840) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1840 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Wild cucumber No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Canada to WC. & E. U.S.A. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 475 cm Sourced
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Vine, Forb/herb
  • Vine, Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 700 cm Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration annual
  • annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 24 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 164, 460, 918, 925
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Light empty
  • 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 489
Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record