Echinopepon wrightii (A.Gray) S.Watson
A spiny-fruited species otherwise much like Sicyos in appearance. Thanks to Gene Jercinovic for identification of the plants photographed in Luna County.
Staminate flowers in Mahoney Canyon on the west side of the Florida Mountains, Luna County, New Mexico, 2 Sep 2008.
A leaf in Mahoney Canyon, 2 Sep 2008.
An immature fruit in Bull Run Canyon, west side of the Black Range, Grant County, New Mexico, 6 Sep 2010.
A flowering stem twining up a deceased tree, North Percha Creek, east side of the Black Range, Sierra County, New Mexico, 5 Sep 2011.
Leaves & staminate flowers about half a mile up Spring Canyon, west side of the Black Range, Grant County, New Mexico, 20 Aug 2011.