Cucurbitaceae
Coulter's balsam apple
Echinopepon coulteri
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Echinopepon
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Echinopepon coulteriCucurbitaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Coulter's balsam apple
Synonyms
- Echinocystis coulteri (A.Gray) Cogn.
- Echinopepon confusus Rose
- Echinopepon nelsonii Rose
- Echinopepon parvifolius Rose
- Elaterium coulteri A.Gray
- Micrampelis coulteri (A.Gray) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.