Calflora: Marah macrocarpus

Marah macrocarpus (E. Greene) E. Greene

Cucamonga manroot, Wild Cucumber, southern wild cucumber

Marah macrocarpus, a dicot, is a perennial herb or vine that is native to California and is found only slightly beyond California borders.

Communities:	Coastal Strand, Chaparral, Southern Oak Woodland
Habitat:	coastal [Walker]
Elevation:	between 0 and 3000 feet
Family:	CUCURBITACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Marah found in California.

Accepted by PLANTS + JM93
TJM2 spelling variant of		Marah macrocarpa

NOTE: Marah macrocarpus is not an active name in the Calflora species table.

Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

Hover the mouse over the map to see county names. Click to view records from that county.

	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Marah macrocarpus from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (MAMA8)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database