Cucurbitaceae
Cretan bryony
Bryonia cretica
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Bryonia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Croatian
- Crveni bljuštac
- English
- Cretan bryony
- Finnish
- Punakoiranköynnös
- grc
- Ἄμπελος λευκή
- Hebrew
- דלעת-נחש מצויה
Synonyms
- Bryonia cretica f. monoica (Nábělek) Feinbrun
- Bryonia cretica var. monoica Nábělek
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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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.