Please help me identify this monster plant. It grew by itself late July. Yellow flower, somewhat a rounded star shape, indented leaves, some with whitish patches, yellow round smooth "fruit", small 3-4in.
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2I doubt anyone will be able to reliably identify it from anything other than the fruit. – Ed Staub Aug 16 '12 at 21:01
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2there is a round yellow fruit there... maybe a pumpkin? – Grady Player Aug 17 '12 at 17:45
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1It looks like it is a vine. If so it's likely to be a pumpkin or gourd. – Brian Aug 18 '12 at 21:34
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1Looks like pumpkin to me. – DA. Aug 21 '12 at 05:57
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@rhooligan I think pumpkins typically are considered a vine. – DA. Aug 21 '12 at 05:58
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did the small yellow fruit grow enough for you to identify the plant now? I live in CA and i also have the exact same plant growing in my yard now. no flowers or fruit yet, but lots of lush leaves with white patch/ design. – Sep 07 '12 at 14:54
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Gourds generally have a longer vine and smaller leaves than the related squashes, Curcurbita maxima, pumpkin and hubbard squash, Curcurbita moschata, butternut squash and neck pumpkin, and Curcurbita pepo, marrows and summer squash. But most cultivated gourds are in the same genus, so the identification of a volunteer like this has to be an educated guess. From the splotches on the leaves, and their appearance in general, I would say probably c. pepo.
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Definitely Pumpkin. But it is also known as Winter squash. It is known as Curcubita, botanically. Ash gourd is different from this.
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Please improve your answer by explaining **why** you believe it's a pumpkin as opposed to another related species. – Niall C. Mar 22 '14 at 19:59
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