Navarretia heterodoxa
Navarretia heterodoxa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Polemoniaceae |
Genus: | Navarretia |
Species: | N. heterodoxa
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Binomial name | |
Navarretia heterodoxa |
Navarretia heterodoxa is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Calistoga pincushionplant. It is endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area in California, where it grows in the serpentine soils of the hills and mountains.
It is a hairy annual herb producing a slender stem up to about 24 centimeters long. It is glandular and emits a skunky scent. The leaves are divided into threadlike or needlelike lobes. The inflorescence is a head of flowers lined with palmate bracts. The flowers are purple and roughly a centimeter long, their corollas divided into five lobes.
External links[]
- Calflora Database: Navarretia heterodoxa (Calistoga navarretia, Calistoga pincushionplant)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Navarretia heterodoxa
- UC Photos gallery — Navarretia heterodoxa
Categories:
- Navarretia
- Endemic flora of California
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Endemic flora of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Ericales stubs