Cucurbita pepo
Cushaw
Cucurbita argyrosperma
C.Huber Species
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- Botanical name
- Cucurbita argyrosperma
- Also known as
- Cushaw
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Cucurbita
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Cushaw
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Cucurbita argyrosperma but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Cucurbita argyrosperma subsp. sororia
Cucurbita argyrosperma var. callicarpa
Cucurbita argyrosperma var. palmeri
Cucurbita argyrosperma var. stenosperma
Cucurbita cyanoperizona
Cucurbita kellyana
Cucurbita mixta
Cucurbita mixta var. cyanoperizona
Cucurbita mixta var. stenosperma
Cucurbita moschata var. argyrosperma
Cucurbita palmeri
Cucurbita pepo var. sororia
Cucurbita sororia
Cucurbita stenosperma
Others in Cucurbita
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