Melothria pendula L.

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of U.S.A.
Cucurbitaceae
Melothria pendula L.
det. M. Nee, 1995
Florida, Hendry Co., Hyw. CR 830, junction with
Neely Davis Road, 0.5 miles S of jet. with 830A,
2.1 miles E of Hwy. 29. Flat roadside
surrounded by pastures and fields, patch of
brushy vegetation with Sabal palmetto, Thalia
geniculata in ditches.
Herb trailing over bare soil. Corolla yellow.
Fruit short-cylindric, mottled light green, no
ripe ones seen.
Coll.: M. Nee 45828
6 Nov. 1994
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