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Trillium erectum, the red trillium, [4] also known as wake robin, [5] purple trillium, [6] bethroot, [7] or stinking benjamin, [8] is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. The plant takes its common name "wake robin" by analogy with the European robin , which has a red breast heralding spring.
Cucurbita moschata is a species originating in either Central America or northern South America. [2] It includes cultivars known as squash or pumpkin. C. moschata cultivars are generally more tolerant of hot, humid weather than cultivars of C. maxima or C. pepo.
Cucurbita pepo is a cultivated plant of the genus Cucurbita. It yields varieties of winter squash and pumpkin, but the most widespread varieties belong to the subspecies Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo, called summer squash. [3] It has been domesticated in the Americas for thousands of years. [4]
The yellow or orange flowers on a Cucurbita plant are of two types: female and male. The female flowers produce the fruit and the male flowers produce pollen . Many North and Central American species are visited by specialist bee pollinators , but other insects with more general feeding habits, such as honey bees , also visit.
Male flowers grow on long spikes, while female flowers grow alone in leaf axils. The trunk is covered in long, sharp spikes that secrete poisonous sap . The sandbox tree's fruits are large, pumpkin -shaped capsules , 3–5 cm (1–2 in) long, 5–8 cm (2–3 in) diameter, with 16 carpels arranged radially.
The pumpkin tree grows to about 8 m in height. It has pale, corky bark and soft, brittle wood. The ovate to broadly elliptic leaves are 70–200 mm long and 45–100 mm wide; they have glossy upper surfaces and are pale and sparsely haired beneath. [2] The flowers are large and orange with small red dots, appearing over summer from October to ...
Plant pumpkin seeds up to 1" deep in soil, with the pointed end facing downwards. Up to three seeds can be planted together, but make sure you have about 5 feet between clusters. Create a small ...
A. maculatum is known by an abundance of common names including Adam and Eve, [10] adder's meat, [11] adder's root, [12] arum, [10] wild arum, [12] arum lily, [12] bobbins, [10] cows and bulls, [12] cuckoo pint, [13] cuckoo-plant, [10] devils and angels, [12] friar's cowl, [12] jack in the pulpit, [12] lamb-in-a-pulpit, [11] lords-and-ladies, [13] naked boys, [12] snakeshead, [12] starch-root ...