Pronunciation: kew-KUR-bi-ta fee-ti-DIS-im-a
Common name: Calabazilla or Stinking gourd
Family: Cucurbitaceae (Gourd)
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly places to 4000', coastal sage
scrub, coastal strand, valley grassland, shadscale scrub
in Mojave Desert
Blooming period: June to August
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Cucurbita
2) foetidissima