Californian Stinkweed - introduced (*Navarretia squarrosa)

Family: Polemoniaceae.

Native of tropical North America.

Occurrence: Uncommon weed. Roadsides and waste areas. It prefers moist areas.

Identification:

• the flowers are in dense, spiny heads
• the plant is covered with sticky hairs
• the leaves are divided into narrow lobes which end in sharp points.

There are few records for this weed for Central Victoria. It is an annual.

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