Red Car Property: Buzzin The Calabazilla

Photo: Diane Edwardson, June 1, 2015.  It's hard for bees to resist the big bright flowers of the native gourd with the goofy name, Calabazilla (Curcurbita foetidissima), now blooming on the Red Car Property, just north of Rose Scharlin Co-op Preschool.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

Click here for all our documented neighborhood native plants. 

 Disclaimer: The Corralitas Red Car Property Blog prefers to quote reliable sources, such as CalFlora and California Poison Control on the issue of toxicity.  We often get email suggesting some plants are edible. If you are eating your way through the Red Car Property, we DO NOT recommend you eat any plant you find in the Red Car Property neighborhood without first doing your own research.