| Scientific Name: | Cucurbita pepo |
| Common Name: | summer squash, zucchini |
| Family Name: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Origin: | Mexico, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (true), Vine or climber |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Horizontal |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like, Irregular |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Prickly, Palmate venation, Rugose, Pubescent, Deltoid, Orbicular, Ovate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Yellow, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Edible, Pepo, White, Orange, Yellow, Green, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Ground cover vine; leaves alternate, most blades ovate, 20-30cm x 15-25cm wide, base cordate, long bristley hairs, petioles 15-25cm long (lily-pad appearance to deeply lobed); flowers funnelform, yellow, 9-15cm wide (similar to <a href ='https://www.google.com/search?q=Cucurbita+maxima+flower' target='_blank'>C. maxima</a> but smaller). | |