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Ibervillea lindheimeri

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(A. Gray) Greene ex Small

Propagation

S.

Common Names

• Wild Balsam
• Hierba de-vibora
• Lindheimer's Globeberry
• Yerba de la Vibora (Mexico)

Geographical Habitats

• Mexico
• California
• Louisiana
• New Mexico
• Oklahoma
• Texas - USA

Natural Habitats

• Among shrubs

Flowering Times

• Mar
• May
• Jul

Fruiting Times

• Mar

Simple-tendril vine to 4m climbing or creeping with angular stems. Thin or thickish fleshy warty dentate leaves to 75mm diameter with 3-5 coarsely-toothed lobes. Puberulent 8mm yellow male flowers with triangular sepals to 3mm long & yellow corolla villous within striped green without, female flowers followed by 50mm diameter orange to red fruit, flowers with red areas

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• USDA
• FOSEUS
• Fedde
• USNH