Navarretia squarrosa

Navarretia squarrosa
Navarretia squarrosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Navarretia
Species:
N. squarrosa
Binomial name
Navarretia squarrosa
Synonyms

Gilia squarrosa (Eschsch.) Hook. & Arn.
Hoitzia squarrosa Eschsch.

Navarretia squarrosa (skunkbush,[1] skunkweed, or California stinkweed) is a spreading annual plant from North America which is noted for its skunk-like odour.[2] It grows to between 10 and 60 cm in height and has tubular lilac pink to deep blue flowers up to 12 mm in diameter in dense terminal heads, encircled by spiny sepals and bracts.[3][4] The leaves are pinnately lobed and spiny.[4]

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Navarretia squarrosa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference GRIN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Jepson Manual Treatment for NAVATERRA squarrosa". Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  4. ^ a b Lamp, C.; Frank Collet (1976). A Field Guide to Weeds in Australia. Melbourne, Australia: Inkata Press. ISBN 0-909605-02-5.