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|accepted_name=Brandegea bigelovii
|accepted_authority=(S. Watson) Cogniaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser.
|place=2, 3: 58. 1890
|year=1890
}}
|common_names=Desert starvine
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Elaterium bigelovii
|authority=S. Watson
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Brandegea monosperma
|authority=(Brandegee) Cogniaux
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=B. palmeri
|authority=(S. Watson) Rose
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=B. parviflora
|authority=(S. Watson) Rose
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaseyanthus insularis var. palmeri
|authority=(S. Watson) Gentry
}}
|hierarchy=Cucurbitaceae;Brandegea;Brandegea bigelovii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cucurbitaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Brandegea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Brandegea bigelovii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 18
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Vines </b>sprawling, trailing, or climbing over associated plants, often completely covering them, stems to 2(–4) m. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 8–25 mm; blade 1.5–5(–7) cm, base cordate to convex, lobes broader and shallower on juvenile growth, narrower (to linear-oblong) on distal stems, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial surface and margins pustulate-scabrous to pustulate-hirsutulous. <b>Staminate</b> inflorescences 2–4 cm. <b>Capsules</b> 0.5–1.2 cm, beak (3–)4–7 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 4–5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Feb–)Mar–Apr(–later sporadically).
|habitat=Desert wash bottoms and banks, cliffs, canyons, moist areas from tank seeps, roadsides, Larrea flats, Sonoran desert scrub, upland Sonoran desert scrub, desert riparian zones, commonly with Acacia, Ambrosia, Atriplex, Cercidium, Larrea, Lycium, Olneya, Parkinsonia, Prosopis
|elevation=20–600(–800) m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico (Baja California;Baja California Sur;Sonora).
|discussion=<p>Plants of <i>Brandegea bigelovii</i> are cultivated for the beauty of their clusters of white staminate flowers. Garden plants in Tucson flower from February through the summer, except during extreme heat. According to R. S. Felger (2000), <i>B. bigelovii</i> is the most common and widespread vining plant in northwestern Sonora.</p>
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name=Brandegea bigelovii
|author=
|authority=(S. Watson) Cogniaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Brandegea monosperma;B. palmeri;B. parviflora;Vaseyanthus insularis var. palmeri
|basionyms=Elaterium bigelovii
|family=Cucurbitaceae
|phenology=Flowering (Feb–)Mar–Apr(–later sporadically).
|habitat=Desert wash bottoms and banks, cliffs, canyons, moist areas from tank seeps, roadsides, Larrea flats, Sonoran desert scrub, upland Sonoran desert scrub, desert riparian zones, commonly with Acacia, Ambrosia, Atriplex, Cercidium, Larrea, Lycium, Olneya, Parkinsonia, Prosopis
|elevation=20–600(–800) m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico (Baja California;Baja California Sur;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser.
|publication year=1890
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Brandegea
|species=Brandegea bigelovii
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