Ecballium elaterium
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Ecballium elaterium {Cucurbitaceae} Squirting Cucumber Hot dry places on waste ground and roadsides A trailing to slightly bushy perennial that has wet, messy, exploding seed pods, it is more a gardeners practical joke than a major garden ornament. the trailing habit lends itself to ground cover or climbing up a low fence. Leaves are palmately lobed and bristly, and both male and female flowers appear on one plant. The flowers are funnel-shaped, about 1 inch across and are deep yellow. The hairy seed pods are blue-green
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| Page title: | Ecballium elaterium {Cucurbitaceae} Squirting Cucumber |
| Keywords: | seed dispersal exploding pod Ecballium elaterium Squirting Cucumber Mediterranean and Macaronesia Cucurbitaceae |
| Description: | EEB Greenhouse Accession Data for Ecballium elaterium |
| IP-address: | 137.99.46.57 |
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| NS | Name Servers: MSB-CACHE.NET.UCONN.EDU 137.99.25.11 HBL-CACHE.NET.UCONN.EDU 137.99.203.22 |
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| Date | activated: 18-Aug-1987 last updated: 07-Jun-2013 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |