fiddleneck
Spiral-budded yellow flower
Fiddleneck is a wildflower of the borage family, named for its coiled flower cluster that unfurls like the scroll of a violin.
The plants are common in western North America, producing small yellow or orange flowers.
Some species are toxic to livestock.
Fiddleneck also refers to a variety of winter squash with a curved neck.
Uncultivated flowering plant
- borageEdible herb with azure blooms
- annualOccurring every year
- nativeOriginating from a place
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
grassland · meadow · spring · bloom · yellow · orange · hairy · bristly
Wound circular arrangement
- curlSpiral or loop form
- spiralCurve winding around center
- unfurlSpread out from rolled
- crookBent implement or criminal
scroll · whorl · tendril · crozier · helix · uncoiling · frond · fern
Capable of causing death
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- horsesLarge domesticated hoofed mammals
- alkaloidsNitrogen-based organic compounds
pyrrolizidine · liver · selenium · accumulator · forage · hay · contamination · harmful
wildflower
Uncultivated flowering plant
California · grassland · meadow · spring · bloom · yellow · orange · hairy · bristly · seeds
coil
Wound circular arrangement
crook · scroll · whorl · tendril · crozier · helix · uncoiling · frond · fern
poisonous
Capable of causing death
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- horsesLarge domesticated hoofed mammals
alkaloids · pyrrolizidine · liver · selenium · accumulator · forage · hay · contamination · harmful · veterinary
fern
Spore-spreading vascular plant
spring · vegetable · blanching · sautéed · wild · harvest · shoots · cooking · delicacy · indigenous
neck, fiddle, fiddling, fiddles, fiddler, fiddleheads, fiddlestick, fiddlehead