Cucurbitaceae
Oneseed bur cucumber
Sicyos angulatus
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Sicyos
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Common names
By language (13)
- Belarusian
- Сіцыёс вуглаваты, Сіцыёз вуглаваты
- Bulgarian
- Сициос
- Chinese
- 刺果瓜
- Czech
- Libenka hranatá
- English
- Oneseed bur cucumber, Star-cucumber
- Finnish
- Nokkakarvakurkku
- German
- Haargurke
- Japanese
- アレチウリ
- Korean
- 가시박
- Polish
- Harbuźnik kolczasty
- Russian
- Сициос угловатый, Волосистый огурец угловатый
- Slovenian
- Robati kurbusnjak
- Swedish
- Hårgurka
Synonyms
- Elaterium trifoliatum L.
- Micrampelis echinata Raf.
- Sicyoides angulata Medic
- Sicyos acutus Raf.
- Sicyos schimperi Naudin
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Theodore Webster, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Theodore Webster, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Carlos Martínez, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ken Kneidel, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.