Cucurbitaceae
Desert starvine
Brandegea bigelovii
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Brandegea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Desert starvine
Synonyms
- Brandegea minima (S.Watson) Rose
- Brandegea monosperma (Brandegee) Cogn.
- Brandegea palmeri (S.Watson) Rose
- Brandegea parviflora (S.Watson) S.Watson ex Rose
- Cyclanthera monosperma Brandegee
- Echinocystis bigelovii (S.Watson) Cogn.
- Echinocystis brandegeei Cogn.
- Echinocystis parviflora S.Watson
- Echinopepon bigelovii (S.Watson) S.Watson
- Echinopepon palmeri S.Watson
- Echinopepon parviflorus (S.Watson) S.Watson
- Elaterium bigelovii S.Watson
- Vaseyanthus brandegeei (Cogn.) Rose
- Vaseyanthus insularis var. brandegeei (Cogn.) I.M.Johnst.
- Vaseyanthus insularis var. palmeri (S.Watson) Gentry
- Vaseyanthus palmeri (S.Watson) Gentry
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: joedecruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.