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|accepted_name=Sicyosperma gracile
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Smithsonian Contr. Knowl.
|place=5(6): 62. 1853
|year=1853
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cucurbitaceae;Sicyosperma;Sicyosperma gracile
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cucurbitaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sicyosperma]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sicyosperma gracile]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 28
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaf </b>blades 2–7 cm wide, lobe apex rounded to acute. <b>Inflorescences</b>: each flower loosely enclosed within 2 bracts; peduncle hispid, hairs retrorsely curved. <b>Flowers</b>: petals apically 2-fid, corolla 2–3 mm diam. <b>Pepos</b> 4–5 mm, loosely enclosed by persistent bracts.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Aug–Oct(–Nov).
|habitat=North slopes, cliff bases, canyon bottoms, stream sides, riparian scrub, willow-ash, cottonwood-willow, hackberry-acacia, oak woodlands
|elevation=1000–1700 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Sonora).
|discussion=<p><i>Sicyosperma gracile</i> is recognized by its annual duration, minute salverform corollas with white, apically bifid petals, each flower enclosed within a pair of basally cordate bracts, and relatively small, 1-seeded, dry, indehiscent, unarmed pepos loosely enclosed by bracts. Specimens sometimes show only staminate inflorescences, but apparently this is an artifact of collection rather than an indication that the plant is unisexual.</p>
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name=Sicyosperma gracile
|author=
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cucurbitaceae
|phenology=Flowering Aug–Oct(–Nov).
|habitat=North slopes, cliff bases, canyon bottoms, stream sides, riparian scrub, willow-ash, cottonwood-willow, hackberry-acacia, oak woodlands
|elevation=1000–1700 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Smithsonian Contr. Knowl.
|publication year=1853
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Sicyosperma
|species=Sicyosperma gracile
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