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[[File:NASQ whole.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Navarretia squarrosa'' Used with permission from Gerry D. Carr]]
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'''Common name:''' Skunkbush, or Skunkweed
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[[File:NASQ whole.jpg|200px|thumb|right|''Navarretia squarrosa'' </br> Used with permission from Gerry D. Carr]]
  
''Navarretia squarrosa, skunkbush, or skunkweed is a flowering plant in the polemoniaceae family. 
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'''Abbreviation Code (Codon):''' NASQ
Synonyms: Gilia squarrosa, Navarretia eastwoodiae, Navarretia squarrosa var. agrestis
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[[File:NASQ close up.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Navarretia squarrosa'' </br> Used with permission from Gerry D. Carr]]
  
Source: http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5807
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'''Synonyms:''' Gilia squarrosa, Navarretia eastwoodiae, Navarretia squarrosa var. agrestis
  
==Taxonomy==
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<ref name=calflora>http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5807 </ref>
  
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==Taxonomy==
 
*Kingdom - Plantae – Plants
 
*Kingdom - Plantae – Plants
*Subkingdom - Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
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*Subkingdom - Tracheobionta
*Superdivision - Spermatophyta – Seed plants
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*Superdivision - Spermatophyta  
*Division - Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
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*Division - Magnoliophyta  
*Class - Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
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*Class - Magnoliopsida  
 
*Subclass - Asteridae
 
*Subclass - Asteridae
 
*Order - Solanales
 
*Order - Solanales
*Family - Polemoniaceae – Phlox family
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*Family - Polemoniaceae  
 
*Genus - ''Navarretia''  
 
*Genus - ''Navarretia''  
 
*Species - ''N. squarrosa''  
 
*Species - ''N. squarrosa''  
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<ref name=The PLANTS Database> USDA, NRCS. 2012. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 16 April 2012). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.</ref>
  
 
==Description==  
 
==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. The flowers are pale to deep blue, with half united sepals that form a short tube with wax-papery intervals between the sharp wointed lobes that are 8 -14 mm long. The flower has 5 fused petals that form a 9-12 mm tube that spreads into lobes. The flowers form large, dense heads with leafy bracts. Fruits are three chambered, elliptical capsules containing 6 - 9 seeds per chamber.
 
  
Source: Pojar and Mackinnon Pg 235
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General: Erect, simple or moderately branched, glandular-hairy annual up to 4 dm. tall, smelling of skunk.
  
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Leaves: Leaves firm and spiny, pinnatifid or bipinnatifid, up to 6 cm. long, the terminal segment not elongate.
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Flowers: Inflorescence of dense, leafy-bracteate heads terminating the stem and branches, the heads often 3 cm. thick, the bracts pinnatifid; calyx 8-14 mm. long, the 5 lobes nearly equal, mostly entire; corolla pale to deep blue, about equal to the calyx, the 5 lobes 2-3 mm. long, three veined; filaments 1-4 mm. long, inserted at least 2.5 mm. below the sinuses of the corolla; stigmas 3; ovary 3-celled, superior.
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Fruit: Inflorescence of dense, leafy-bracteate heads terminating the stem and branches, the heads often 3 cm. thick, the bracts pinnatifid; calyx 8-14 mm. long, the 5 lobes nearly equal, mostly entire; corolla pale to deep blue, about equal to the calyx, the 5 lobes 2-3 mm. long, three veined; filaments 1-4 mm. long, inserted at least 2.5 mm. below the sinuses of the corolla; stigmas 3; ovary 3-celled, superior
 
==Bloom Period==
 
==Bloom Period==
 
June - September
 
June - September
  
Source:
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<ref name=Burke>http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php</ref>
http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php
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==Distribution==  
 
==Distribution==  
 
 
West of the Cascades, from southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to California.
 
West of the Cascades, from southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to California.
Source: http://biology.burkemuseum.org/herbarium/imagecollection.php
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<ref name=Burke>http://biology.burkemuseum.org/herbarium/imagecollection.php</ref>
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Open places, dry to moist meadows, usually at low elevations.
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Open places, dry to moist meadows, usually at low elevations. Grows in sandy, loamy, or clay soils,  and tolerates basic, neutral, or acidic soils. Soil moisture level can be dry to moist, but must drain well. ''Navarretia squarrosa'' is shade tolerant, prefers sun.
  
Source: Pojar 235
 
  
 
==Uses==
 
==Uses==
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''Navarretia squarrosa'' has an edible seed when it is parched, ground into a powder and eaten dry. [94].
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==Propagation==
 
==Propagation==
==Photo Gallery==
 
==References==
 
<References/>
 
  
===seed===
 
'''Abbrevition:''' NASQ
 
  
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===Seed===
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[[File:NASQ seed.png|thumb|right|300px|''Navarretia squarrosa'' </br> Photo Credit Lisa Hintz]]
 
'''Seed sample from:''' 2011
 
'''Seed sample from:''' 2011
  
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'''Longitudinal Cross Section:''' elliptical  [[File:NASQ long.png]]
 
'''Longitudinal Cross Section:''' elliptical  [[File:NASQ long.png]]
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{{Basics}}
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery>
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Image:NASQ KeirMorse flw good.jpeg
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Image:NASQ PatMontegue veg avg.JPG
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<References/>

Revision as of 10:23, 28 May 2012

Common name: Skunkbush, or Skunkweed

Navarretia squarrosa
Used with permission from Gerry D. Carr

Abbreviation Code (Codon): NASQ

Navarretia squarrosa
Used with permission from Gerry D. Carr

Synonyms: Gilia squarrosa, Navarretia eastwoodiae, Navarretia squarrosa var. agrestis

[1]

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom - Plantae – Plants
  • Subkingdom - Tracheobionta
  • Superdivision - Spermatophyta
  • Division - Magnoliophyta
  • Class - Magnoliopsida
  • Subclass - Asteridae
  • Order - Solanales
  • Family - Polemoniaceae
  • Genus - Navarretia
  • Species - N. squarrosa

[2]

Description

General: Erect, simple or moderately branched, glandular-hairy annual up to 4 dm. tall, smelling of skunk.

Leaves: Leaves firm and spiny, pinnatifid or bipinnatifid, up to 6 cm. long, the terminal segment not elongate.

Flowers: Inflorescence of dense, leafy-bracteate heads terminating the stem and branches, the heads often 3 cm. thick, the bracts pinnatifid; calyx 8-14 mm. long, the 5 lobes nearly equal, mostly entire; corolla pale to deep blue, about equal to the calyx, the 5 lobes 2-3 mm. long, three veined; filaments 1-4 mm. long, inserted at least 2.5 mm. below the sinuses of the corolla; stigmas 3; ovary 3-celled, superior.

Fruit: Inflorescence of dense, leafy-bracteate heads terminating the stem and branches, the heads often 3 cm. thick, the bracts pinnatifid; calyx 8-14 mm. long, the 5 lobes nearly equal, mostly entire; corolla pale to deep blue, about equal to the calyx, the 5 lobes 2-3 mm. long, three veined; filaments 1-4 mm. long, inserted at least 2.5 mm. below the sinuses of the corolla; stigmas 3; ovary 3-celled, superior

Bloom Period

June - September

[3]

Distribution

West of the Cascades, from southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to California. [3]

Habitat

Open places, dry to moist meadows, usually at low elevations. Grows in sandy, loamy, or clay soils, and tolerates basic, neutral, or acidic soils. Soil moisture level can be dry to moist, but must drain well. Navarretia squarrosa is shade tolerant, prefers sun.


Uses

Navarretia squarrosa has an edible seed when it is parched, ground into a powder and eaten dry. [94].

Propagation

Seed

Navarretia squarrosa
Photo Credit Lisa Hintz

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 NASQ lat.png

Longitudinal Cross Section: elliptical NASQ long.png

Basic Explanations and Assumptions:

The dimensions for the seeds are length x width x depth. The location of the hilum is used as the base of the seed, and the length is measured from hilum to the opposite apex. Where a style is present, the length is measured from the hilum to the bottom of the style. Width is measured at a right angle to the length at the widest part. Depth is measured at a right angle to the intersection of height and width lines.

Measurements included are the mean average for each measurement of ten separate seeds.

All measurements in millimeters unless otherwise noted.

Photo Gallery

References

  1. http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5807
  2. USDA, NRCS. 2012. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 16 April 2012). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
  3. 3.0 3.1 http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php