Cucurbita pepo - USDA PLANTS Database
Cucurbita pepo - Missouri Botanical Garden
I have grown four varieties of Cucurbita pepo:
- C. pepo var. torticollia (Crookneck squash, yellow squash)
- C. pepo var. clypeata (scallop squash)
- C. pepo var. cylindrica (zucchini)
- C. pepo var. turbinata (acorn squash)
I now have acorn squash growing because I got some discarded veggies from a local supermarket, and that dump included a lot of acorn squash. One day I discovered a lot of healthy seedlings in a big bunch, and I split them up and planted them in mounds in front the trellises I had put against the west fence in anticipation of late spring cucumber and cantaloupe crops. Now on of the mounds is doing very well, and the others are much slower.
A baby acorn squash. The yellow flowers tend to stay attached for a good while after their job is done. They are edible and task okay. The plant with three heart-shaped leaves a violet flowers is violet wood-sorrel.
The intermixed squash plants from the top. The flowers and fruit are hard to see from above,
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