Pumpkin
Cucurbita pepo
About
Cucurbita pepo is a cultivated plant of the genus Cucurbita. It yields varieties of winter squash and pumpkin, but the most widespread varieties belong to the subspecies Cucurbita pepo subsp. pepo, called summer squash.
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
How to use it
This cultivated species is grown to yield several distinct types of crops, producing varieties of both winter squash and pumpkin, as well as summer squash.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org
Gardening tip
When planning your garden, keep in mind that this species is highly adaptable and can be grown across a wide range of climates, specifically within USDA hardiness zones 3 through 12.
Sources: Grangery
At a glance
What it needs
USDA hardiness
Zones 3–12
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Pumpkin
- Slug
- pumpkin
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucurbita
- Species
- pepo
- Category
- Misc
- Hardiness zone (min)
- 3
- Hardiness zone (max)
- 12
- Average height (cm)
- 0
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 52
Generated sections & citations
summaryinaturalist
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- sprigloom (common_name)
- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita pepo
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita_pepo
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- gbif (taxonomy)
- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita pepo
- wikidata (common_name)
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita_pepo
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- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita pepo
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita_pepo
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- sprigloom (hardiness)