Man-roots
Marah
Marah (the manroots, wild cucumbers, or cucumber gourds) are flowering plants in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), native to western North America. They are also commonly called Old man in the ground. The genus (which Kellogg noted was characterized by extreme bitterness) was named for Marah in Exodus 15:22-25, which was said to be named for the bitter water there.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Chilicothe
speciesMarah macrocarpa
California manroot
speciesMarah fabacea
coastal manroot
speciesMarah oregana
Gila manroot
speciesMarah gilensis
taw man-root
speciesMarah watsonii
Sierra man-root
speciesMarah horrida
Island Manroot
speciesMarah guadalupensis
Marah micrantha
speciesMarah micrantha
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Marah in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53145.