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Wild Cucumber
( Marah fabacea )
Marah fabacea
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About Wild Cucumber (Marah fabacea)
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The California Manroot or Bigroot, Marah fabaceus, is the most common of the manroot species native to California. Its range throughout the state subsumes nearly the entire ranges of all the other California native manroots species and intergrades. Hybrids between California manroot and the other species are common. Like other manroots, it has stout, hairy stems with tendrils. Vines appear in late winter in response to increased rainfall, and can climb or scramble to a length of 6 meters. Its leaves typically have five lobes with individual plants showing wide variation in leaf size and lobe length.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Vine, Perennial herb
Size
18 ft tall
Flower Color
Orange, White, Yellow
Flowering Season
Spring
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 4
likely
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Wandering Tiger Moth
Spilosoma vestalis
Spilosoma vestalis
*
Eupithecia subapicata
Eupithecia subapicata
*
Glorious Squash Vine Borer Moth
Melittia gloriosa
Melittia gloriosa
*
Clepsis fucana
Clepsis fucana
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun
Moisture
Very Low, Low
Nurseries
Carried by 6
Soil Drainage
Fast
Propagation
?
Seed no treatment
Sunset Zones
?
7*, 8, 9, 10, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*
Natural Setting
Site Type
Streamsides, washes, shrubby and open places
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 5.4" - 71.5", Summer Precipitation: 0.15" - 1.62", Coldest Month: 32.2" - 56.0", Hottest Month: 58.4" - 78.8", Humidity: 0.04" - 29.98", Elevation: -22" - 5727"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: California Manroot, Coast Wild Cucumber, Wild-cucumber
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Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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