Marah macrocarpa (Wild Cucumber, Man Root)

4/2/05 Eaton Canyon Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA 

 1/23/05 Gabrielino Trail (JPL to Oakwilde), Lower Arroyo Seco,
San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

 3/9/08 Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve,
Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

3/6/05 Wilson Valley Road (Aguanga area) just west of junction with Hwy. 371, 
Riverside County, CA

4/9/98 Gabrielino Trail (JPL to Oakwilde), Lower Arroyo Seco,

San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA 

Dripping Springs Campground, Agua Tibia Wilderness, 
Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA

12/30/18 Manzanita Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve,
Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Wild Cucumber, Man Root

SPECIES: Marah macrocarpa

FAMILY: Cucurbitaceae (Gourd Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/9/1998

LOCATION: Gabrielino Trail (JPL to Oakwilde), Lower Arroyo Seco, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA 

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Herbage not glaucous

Flower: corolla shallowly cup-shaped, white

Fruit 5–12 cm, oblong, generally rounded at both ends (sometimes with sharp beak); prickles ± dense, stiff

Seeds generally 4–12(24), 13–33 mm, ± round, oblong, or ovate, angled at tip or not

Ecology: Washes, shrubby or open areas

Elevation: < 900 m.  

Bioregional distribution: Southwestern California, Sonoran Desert 

Distribution outside California: Baja California