May 15, 2010
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Southeastern, New Hampshire
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Indian Cucumber is an interesting-looking two-tier plant. About 2/3rds
of the way up the thin stalk is a whorl of 6-10 thin, pointy leaves.
The stalk continues up an inch or two more where there can be found
3 shorter, but proportionally wider leaves at the top of the stalk.
Ocassionally, the top tier of the stalk is nonexistent and therefore
the stalk ends in the whorl of 6-10 leaves.
As you can see from the picture, the stalk of the Indian Cucumber has
a white fuzz covering it. The root is white and curves underground so
that it is growing parallel to the ground.
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