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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Begonias, Gourds, and Allies
  6. Gourd Family
  7. Benincaseae
  8. Melothria

genus

Melothria

Melothria

Traits
Includes
1 native 1 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Creeping Cucumber native
  • Mexican Sour Gherkin present

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Vines
Plant type
Perennial Vine Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native Melothria All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Creeping Cucumber Melothria pendula caterpillars 2 food 1 flowers 6

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