Cucurbita foetidissima
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Read about Cucurbita foetidissima in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Cucurbita foetidissima, Kunth (C. perennis, Gray. Cucumis perennis, James). Calabazilla. Fig. 1142. Perennial: long-running, scarcely prickly: Lvs. large, cordate-triangular, grayish pubescent, the margin shallowly apiculate-crenate: fl. nearly as large as in C. Pepo and similar in shape, the pistillate on a peduncle 2-3 in. long: fr. size and shape of an orange, smooth, green and yellow splashed, not edible. Sandy arid wastes, Neb. and Colo, to Texas and Mex. and westward to Calif. R.H. 1855:61; 1857, p. 54.—In its native haunts, the root is tuberous, 4-7 in. diam. and penetrating the earth 4-6 ft. Roots at the joints. The plant has a fetid odor. Sold by seedsmen as a gourd, but the fr. does not often ripen in the northern states. Useful on arbors and small trees, when coarse vines are wanted. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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