Difference between revisions of "Navarretia squarrosa"
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| − | First overview block: | + | First overview block: ''Navarretia squarrosa, skunkbush, or skunkweed is a flowering plant in the polemoniaceae family. |
| + | Synonyms: Gilia squarrosa, Navarretia eastwoodiae, Navarretia squarrosa var. agrestis | ||
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| + | Source: http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5807 | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | ==Description== | + | |
| + | *Kingdom - Plantae – Plants | ||
| + | *Subkingdom - Tracheobionta – Vascular plants | ||
| + | *Superdivision - Spermatophyta – Seed plants | ||
| + | *Division - Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants | ||
| + | *Class - Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons | ||
| + | *Subclass - Asteridae | ||
| + | *Order - Solanales | ||
| + | *Family - Polemoniaceae – Phlox family | ||
| + | *Genus - ''Navarretia'' | ||
| + | *Species - ''N. squarrosa'' | ||
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| + | ==Description== | ||
| + | ''N. squarrosa is a prickly, taprooted, hairy annual with a distinctly skunky smell. Plant is simple or branched, with erect stems, and up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are alternate, firm, and spiny, up to 6 cm long, and pinnately lobed. | ||
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==Bloom Period== | ==Bloom Period== | ||
| − | ==Distribution== | + | ==Distribution== West of the Cascades, from southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to California. |
| + | Source: http://biology.burkemuseum.org/herbarium/imagecollection.php | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
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==Uses== | ==Uses== | ||
==Propagation== | ==Propagation== | ||
Revision as of 18:30, 15 April 2012
First overview block: Navarretia squarrosa, skunkbush, or skunkweed is a flowering plant in the polemoniaceae family. Synonyms: Gilia squarrosa, Navarretia eastwoodiae, Navarretia squarrosa var. agrestis
Source: http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5807
Contents
Taxonomy
- Kingdom - Plantae – Plants
- Subkingdom - Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
- Superdivision - Spermatophyta – Seed plants
- Division - Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
- Class - Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
- Subclass - Asteridae
- Order - Solanales
- Family - Polemoniaceae – Phlox family
- Genus - Navarretia
- Species - N. squarrosa
Description
N. squarrosa is a prickly, taprooted, hairy annual with a distinctly skunky smell. Plant is simple or branched, with erect stems, and up to 40 cm tall. Leaves are alternate, firm, and spiny, up to 6 cm long, and pinnately lobed.
Bloom Period
==Distribution== West of the Cascades, from southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to California. Source: http://biology.burkemuseum.org/herbarium/imagecollection.php
Habitat
Uses
Propagation
Photo Gallery
References
seed
Abbrevition: NASQ
Seed sample from: 2011
Average Measurement: 0.9 x 0.6 x 0.5
Measurement Range: L: 0.75 – 1.1, W: 0.5 – 0.75, D: 0.4 – 0.5
Features
Shape: Seeds tapered to almost pointed at hilum ends. Body of seeds sometimes not completely filled out – some concave dents. Hilum is pinched looking in some.
Color: Seeds reddish brown, hilum usually slightly lighter in color, but not very conspicuous.
Surface: Seeds covered in wrinkly pitted pattern. About 30 – 40 medium sized pits visible on one seed face. Seeds slightly rough looking, and somewhat lustrous.
Latitudinal Cross Section: elliptical 
Longitudinal Cross Section: elliptical 
