[The Cucumber Family West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Coastal Manroot, Oregon Bigroot, Old Man in the Ground, Wild Cucumber

Marah oreganus

Synonym: Echinocystis oregana

Coastal Manroot, Oregon Bigroot, Old Man in the Ground, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus (Synonym: Echinocystis oregana)

Wild cucumber observed in bloom along the service road to the beach at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, Oregon Coast......April 20, 2019.

Wild Cucumber, Oregon Bigroot, Coastal Manroot, Old Man in the Ground: Marah oreganus

The leaf and racemes of flowers of Oregon bigroot as seen along a roadside east of Gresham, OR........April 10, 2005.

Fruit of Coastal Manroot, Oregon Bigroot, Old Man in the Ground, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus (Synonym: Echinocystis oregana) - Fruit of Coastal Manroot, Oregon Bigroot, Old Man in the Ground, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus (Synonym: Echinocystis oregana)

Maturing but still green fruits of Oregon bigroot as seen along the service road to the beach at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area, Oregon coast......July 28, 2022.

Wild Cucumber, Oregon Bigroot, Coastal Manroot, Old Man in the Ground: Marah oreganus

Wild cucumber vines clambering over thimbleberry on the upper slopes of Saddle Mountain in the Coast Range of northwestern Oregon........June 14, 2009.

Coastal Manroot, Oregon Bigroot, Old Man in the Ground, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus (Synonym: Echinocystis oregana)

Coastal Manroot, Oregon Bigroot, Old Man in the Ground, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus (Synonym: Echinocystis oregana) - Inflroescence of Coastal Manroot, Oregon Bigroot, Old Man in the Ground, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus (Synonym: Echinocystis oregana)

Close-ups of coastal manroot as seen at Cape Meares Lighthouse on the northern Oregon Coast.......June 19, 2010.
Fruit of the wild cucumber
Paul Slichter