''Navarretia intertexta'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
phlox
''Phlox'' (; Greek φλόξ "flame"; plural "phlox" or "phloxes", Greek φλόγες ''phlóges'') is a genus of 67 species of perennial and annual plants in the family Polemoniaceae. They are found mostly in North America (one in Siberia) in di ...
, known by the common name needleleaf pincushionplant.
It is native to western North America, including most of the western United States and extending into the
Midwest
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four Census Bureau Region, census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of ...
. It grows in a variety of habitat types, including moist meadows and
vernal pools
Vernal pools, also called vernal ponds or ephemeral pools, are seasonal pools of water that provide habitat for distinctive plants and animals. They are considered to be a distinctive type of wetland usually devoid of fish, and thus allow the safe ...
.
It is a hairy annual herb growing up to about 28 centimeters long, growing erect or spreading wider than tall. The leaves are divided into many needlelike lobes. The
inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...
is a head of flowers lined with leaflike
bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...
s with needle-shaped lobes, and often with a coat of dense hairs. The flowers are white to blue and tubular in shape.
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
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intertexta
Flora of the Western United States
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Flora of California
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Flora without expected TNC conservation status