Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
03 / 28 / 2015
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Season Photo Was Taken
Spring
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Region Photo Was Taken
Southwest
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City
Amarillo
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State
Texas
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Posted by
pah
Notes:
Picked these up along the road in Tx
Comments
pah Apprentice says:
Thank you for the replys, yes the Internet is great!!
April 8th, 2015 at 8:02am
jake12121212 Master Identifier says:
Curiosity got the best of me. Here is a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita_foetidissima “The fresh young gourd can be eaten like squash. When the fruit is mature, it is not edible anymore due to bitter compounds.” It must have been too mature when I “tested” it as a kid because it was very bitter and unpalatable. Isn’t the internet great!
April 7th, 2015 at 10:56pm
jake12121212 Master Identifier says:
Your key words are “roadside” and “Texas”. For a quick un-researched answer about 50 years ago I learned a name for them as “Buffalo Gourds”. Good luck.
April 7th, 2015 at 10:55pm