Cucurbitaceae
Wild balsam apple
Echinopepon wrightii
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Echinopepon
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Wild balsam apple
Synonyms
- Echinocystis wrightii (A.Gray) Cogn.
- Elaterium wrightii A.Gray
- Micrampelis wrightii (A.Gray) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Lynn Harper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Norah Tempus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrew Tree, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.