Navarretia squarrosa
Skunk Weed
an annual member of the Navarretia genus in the family Polemoniaceae.
Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Navarretia
- Life cycle
- annual
- Height
- 0.3 m
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
Uses
Edible uses
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Seed - parched, ground into a powder and eaten dry[3]. It is very small and fiddly to use[K].
- Plant part
- Seed
Environment
- Range
- Western N. America.
- Habitat
- Dry flats and fields in mixed woods below 800 metres in California[2].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- light shade
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- Zone 7+
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Propagation
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Seed - sow early spring in situ[1].
Cultivation
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Requires a very sunny position in a very well-drained dry to moist light or medium fertile soil[1].
References
Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992-00-00 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
Munz. A California Flora. University of California Press 1959-00-00
Sweet. M. Common Edible and Useful Plants of the West. Naturegraph Co. 1962-00-00 ISBN 0-911010-54-8