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Marah fabaceus

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Field Notes

Description:

Marah fabaceus, the California Manroot or Bigroot, is the most common of the manroot species native to California. Its range throughout the state subsumes nearly the entire ranges of all the other California native manroots species and intergrades. Hybrids between California manroot and the other species are common.
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Habitat:

Open field in Ano Nuevo State Park, California.

Reference Links:

California manroot (Marah fabaceus), Marah fabaceus

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
misako
Thank you for the ID suggestion dw33zy--it is Marah fabaceus and is indeed in the Cucurbitaceae family.
DerrickLK
I would say that this plant is in the Cucurbitaceae family. I'm not sure which species though. Maybe the desert starvine (Brandegea bigelovii) or Cretan bryony (Bryonia dioica)? Take a look and see what you think.

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