Cucurbita melopepo var. ozarkana
Phytoneuron 2011-13: 24. 2011.
Endemic
Basionym: Cucurbita pepo var. ozarkana D. S. Decker J. Ethnobiol. 13: 69. 1993
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Pepos usually solid ivory, sometimes green and white striped, usually not yellow or orange. Seeds: germination within 1–4 days.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat: Stream banks, gravel bars, bottomland forests, soybean, corn, and cotton fields, old fields, fencerows, railroad rights-of-way, roadsides, disturbed sites
Elevation: 20–200 m
Distribution
Ala., Ark., Ill., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Okla.
Discussion
Variety ozarkana occurs in the central Mississippi valley and the Ozark Plateau. Populations in Alabama were included in var. ozarkana by C. W. Cowan and B. D. Smith (1993), but their evolutionary status was considered uncertain by D. S. Decker et al. (1993).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.