Cucurbitaceae
Wild cucumber
Echinocystis lobata
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Echinocystis
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Common names
By language (21)
- Belarusian
- Эхінацысціс
- Bulgarian
- Ехиноцистис
- Chinese
- 刺囊瓜
- csb
- Préklowatô gùreczka
- Czech
- Štětinec laločnatý, Štětinec
- Dutch
- Echinocystis
- English
- Wild cucumber
- Estonian
- Hõlmine ogakurk
- German
- Stachelgurke, Gelappte Stachelgurke, Stachelgurken
- hsb
- Kałata kórka
- Hungarian
- Süntök
- Lithuanian
- Dygliavaisis virkštenis, Virkštenis
- Polish
- Kolczurka klapowana, Kolczurka
- Portuguese
- Echinocystis
- Russian
- Эхиноцистистис лопастной, Колючепло́дник ло́пастный, Колючеплодник, Колючеплодник дольчатый, Колючеплодник лопастный, Колючеплодник шиповатый, Эхиноцистис дольчатый, Эхиноцистис лопастный
- Slovak
- Ježatec laločnatý
- Slovenian
- Oljna bučka
- Spanish
- Echinocystis, Hexameria, Micrampelis
- Swedish
- Taggreva
- Tatar
- Эхиноцистис
- Vietnamese
- Echinocystis
Synonyms
- Echinocystis echinata Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
- Echinocystis echinata (Muhl.) Vassilcz.
- Hexameria echinata Torr. & A.Gray
- Micrampelis lobata (Michx.) Greene
- Momordica echinata Muhl.
- Sicyos lobatus Michx.
Flowers
- In flower
- August (from 2,100 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: evangrimes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marc-Olivier Beausoleil, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hladac, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.