Burr Cucumbers
Botanical name: Sicyos
Burr Cucumbers
Botanical name: Sicyos
Description
Members of the burr Cucumbers genus are climbing annual vines native to North America. They are similar to and easily confused with a wild cucumber but can be differentiated by the hairy stems and leaves and bur-like fruits. Although some species are used as ornamental plants, they can be invasive and difficult to control. 
Species of Burr Cucumbers
Oneseed bur cucumber
Oneseed bur cucumber (Sicyos angulatus) is an annual vine in the gourd family that produces bur-like fruits. It’s indigenous to eastern North America. Other names for it include the star-cucumber and the one-seed bur cucumber. You can eat the leaves and fruit, just be careful of the spines that can easily break off.
Cutleaf bur cucumber
Members of the cutleaf bur cucumber genus are climbing annual vines native to North America. They are similar to and easily confused with a wild cucumber but can be differentiated by the hairy stems and leaves and bur-like fruits. Although some species are used as ornamental plants, they can be invasive and difficult to control.
Mawhai
The vine produces long branching annual stems that climb over shrubs and fences or trail across the ground. The stems are hairy, pale green and furrowed. The alternate leaves have three to five palmate lobes and can be 20 cm across. The margin is slightly toothed, the upper surface of the blade is usually hairless and the under side has fine hairs, especially on the veins. .
Sicyos mawhai
Members of the sicyos mawhai genus are climbing annual vines native to North America. They are similar to and easily confused with a wild cucumber but can be differentiated by the hairy stems and leaves and bur-like fruits. Although some species are used as ornamental plants, they can be invasive and difficult to control.
Smooth bur cucumber
Members of the smooth bur cucumber genus are climbing annual vines native to North America. They are similar to and easily confused with a wild cucumber but can be differentiated by the hairy stems and leaves and bur-like fruits. Although some species are used as ornamental plants, they can be invasive and difficult to control.
Scientific Classification
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