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Buffalobur Nightshade

Solanum rostratum

Photo by Christy Chow
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Weed with spiky little watermelon-looking ball... Very small.

Species ID Suggestions

Wild Cucumber

Echinocystis lobata

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Wildifreq
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Comments (1)
Christy Chow
Someone suggested that this was a wild cucumber, but I urge anyone who sees this to NOT eat it. It is quite poisonous.

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The Pacific Northwest Bioregion
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PublishedJuly 11, 2014

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