Calflora: Marah fabacea

Marah fabacea (Naudin) Greene

California man-root

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

Communities:	Coastal Strand, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral
Habitat:	coastal [Walker]
Wetlands:	Occurs in wetlands in another region, but occurs almost always under natural conditions in non wetlands in California [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation:	between 0 and 5249 feet
Family:	CUCURBITACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Marah found in California.

Accepted by TJM2

Other Names:

TJM2:	Marah fabacea var. agrestis
TJM2:	Marah fabaceus

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CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Marah fabacea from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)