Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Echinopepon coulteri (Gray) Rose
(Coulter's Balsam Apple)

Family: Cucurbitaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Echinopepon confusus Rose
Elaterium coulteri Gray

Echinopepon coulteri is a viney herb with long tendrils. The white flowers occur in racemes. The spiny capsules are 2-3cm long. The leaves are cordate and deeply lobed. Echinopepon coulteri is found climbing over trees and shrubs in the Pinon-Juniper Woodland and lower Ponderosa Pine areas of middle elevation.
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Echinopepon coulteri, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Myer Canyon, September 4, 2010



Echinopepon coulteri, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, & Carey Anne Lafferty, Black Range, McKnight Road, Oct. 4, 2008



Echinopepon coulteri, raceme, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, & Carey Anne Lafferty, Black Range, McKnight Road, Oct. 4, 2008



Echinopepon coulteri, fruit, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, & Carey Anne Lafferty, Black Range, McKnight Road, Oct. 4, 2008



Echinopepon coulteri, leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, & Carey Anne Lafferty, Black Range, McKnight Road, Oct. 4, 2008



Echinopepon coulteri, flower with emarginate petals, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Myer Canyon, September 4, 2010



Echinopepon coulteri, closeup of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Myer Canyon, September 4, 2010



Echinopepon coulteri, closeup of fruit, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Myer Canyon, September 4, 2010


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