Species

Navarretia squarrosa

Etymology

squarrosa: rough, with scale-like projections; from the Latin squarrosus; leaves and leaf stalks

Common Name(s)

Californian stinkweed

Authority

Navarretia squarrosa (Eschsch.) Hook. et Arn.

Family

Polemoniaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

NAVSQU

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flowering

November, December, January, February, March, April.

Flower Colours

Blue,Violet / Purple

Year Naturalised

1871

Origin

W. North America

Reason For Introduction

Unknown.

This page last updated on 17 Aug 2013