The male squash flower is the pollen-bearing blossom of squash and pumpkin plants (Cucurbita spp.), borne on a slim stalk with no fruit behind it — sold in Mexican and Mediterranean markets as flor de calabaza and treated as a fleshy vegetable in its own right, not a garnish. Golden-orange and faintly vegetal, it is sautéed with onion and folded into quesadillas and soups, stuffed with cheese and fried, or simmered into brothy stews.