Biology:Marah horridus
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Marah horridus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Marah |
| Species: | M. horridus
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| Binomial name | |
| Marah horridus (Congd.) S.T.Dunn
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Marah horridus, common name Sierra manroot,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Cucurbitaceae, endemic to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and the Tehachapi Mountains in California . It grows in open and shrubby areas below 1,000 m (3,300 ft) elevation.[2]
Description
Marah horridus is a perennial vine growing from a large, branched tuber. It produces a climbing stem with tendrils and many lobed, rounded leaves. The flowers are white. The fruit is an oblong, densely prickly capsule 9–20 cm (5–10 in) long, containing 6-24 seeds, each 26–32 mm (1.0–1.3 in) long.[2]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q6754649 entry
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