Flower ID: IMG_3062.JPG-08-26-2019 Flower name (scientific): Sicyos angulatus Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) SIS-i-os an-gew-LAY-tuh Flower name (common): Bur Cucumber Family name (common): Cucumber Family name (scientific): Cucurbitaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the Greek for cucumber, to which this plant is related. Specific epithet: From the Latin for somewhat angled, angular, referencing the appearance of the clustered fruit and the seeds. Common name origin: Bur comes from the bristly surface of the fruits, which aid seed dispersal, and the resemblance to the common cucumber Cucumis sativus. Flower description: Size: 0.3 to 0.5 inches (0.8 to 1.3 cm) Petal count: 5 Color: green or white Other: flower arrangement, Raceme Plant description: Monoecious vine. Size: 60 to 240 inches (1.5 to 6.1 m) long. Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is simple and lobed Size: Leaves up to 12 to 20 cm long and 18 to 22 cm wide. Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, orbiculate-angulate to broadly ovate-angulate (FNA) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): June to September Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Annual Habitat: Woods, thickets, forests, fields, streambanks, disturbed areas, moist. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): No close lookalikes. Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes from Wisconsin. The Iroquois used the plant to treat venereal disease and as a veterinary aid (Moerman, p. 530, 1998). Latitude: 44.799100 Longitude: -91.511968 Altitude: 263.30 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Brown, Buffalo, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Eau Claire, Grant, Iowa, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Pepin, Pierce, Portage, Richland, Sauk, Sheboygan, Vernon, Walworth, Waukesha, Waushara) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (ON, QC) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): FACW Wetland Status (MW): FACW