Missouri Gourd
Cucurbita foetidissimaMissouri Gourd is a vine native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 0.5–1 ft tall and 30 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms yellow in summer. Good for bees, birds and small mammals.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Vine
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 0.5–1 ft
- Spread
- 30 ft
- Bloom
- Summer · yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on caliche, clay, dry, loam, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports bees, birds and small mammals
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
2,088 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.