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Marah fabacea
Marah fabacea
California man-root
Gourd
$12.00
- Climbing vine with thin coiling stems or modified leaves that attach to other plants for support
- Blooms April to June and has two types of flowers
- The pollen-bearing flowers are on long stemmed clusters
- The seed-bearing flower is solitary found in the leaf axel
- Fruits in the fall are fat green balls covered with soft bristles
- Has a large woody root that gets bigger each year
- The large size of this root allows the rapid growth in spring
- Found in all sections
