Big Root Flower Big Root Leaves Big Root Tendrils Big Root Vine Big Root Fruit Big Root Plant


Wildflowers of Southern Arizona


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Big Root.
Marah gilensis.
Gourd (Cucurbitaceae) family.

The flowers are 3/8 inches (10 mm) across and star-shaped with 5 round-tipped lobes. The flowers are followed by round, spiny, green melons that are up to 2 inches (5 cm) in diameter. The leaves are hairy, green, and palmately-lobed with 5 to 7 broad lobes. The stems are slender and climbing with twining tendrils. This plant grows from a very large underground tuber.

Ventana Canyon Trail.
Location: Large twinning plant in tree beside trail 1.5 miles from trailhead.
2/11/16

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