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Connecticut Plants
Wild Cucumber (Balsam-apple, Bur Cucumber)
Echinocystis lobata
Wild cucumber looks similar to bur cucumber, a related vine. Wild cucumber flowers generally have six petals; bur cucumber flowers have five.
- Family: cucumber (Cucurbitaceae)
- Habitat: stream banks, moist thickets and woods
- Height: vine
- Flower size: 1/2 to 3/4 inch across
- Flower color: greenish-white
- Flowering time: June to October
- Origin: native
