Marah horrida Calflora

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Taxon Report

Marah horrida (Congdon) Dunn

Sierra man-root

2019 Anna Van Kovn

2015 BOB CASE

2010 Richard Spjut

2019 Anna Van Kovn

2018 Jane Pritchard

2019 Richard Spjut

2018 Jane Pritchard

2019 Liz Block

Marah horrida is a perennial herb or vine that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~306 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Marah
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: slopes

Communities: Foothill Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:


JEF	Marah horridus

Information about Marah horrida from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).