| Scientific Name: | Cucurbita maxima |
| Common Name: | pumpkin, winter squash |
| Family Name: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Origin: | South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual, Vine or climber |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Horizontal, Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Prickly, Palmate venation, Pubescent, Orbicular, Double serrate, Sinuate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Yellow, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Edible, Pepo, Orange |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Large low creeping vine; leaves alternate, most blades orbicular, 15-25cm long and wide, small sharp serrations along margin, some palmately lobed; flowers trumpet-like, 12-17cm wide, bright yellow with ruffled edge; pepo large, commonly ripens orange (e.g. pumpkin). | |