Wild Cucumber
Marah macrocarpus
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Grows in shade. The leaves around these flowers are not the leaves of the plant. The leaves of the plant are shaped more like ivy leaves and have a sparkly, fuzzy quality. These vines have curly tendrils that reach out to allow the plant to climb all over everything. Blooms in early spring.