''Navarretia pubescens'' is a species of flowering plant in the
phlox family known by the common name downy pincushionplant.
It is native to the central mountain ranges and
Central Valley of California
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, and to southern
Oregon
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. It can be found in
chaparral and oak woodlands habitats.
Description
''Navarretia pubescens'' is a hairy, glandular annual herb producing a reddish or brownish stem up to about 33 centimeters in maximum length. The leaves are divided into many linear or needlelike lobes, sometimes clustered. The upper leaves are hairy, the lower generally hairless.
The
inflorescence
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is a cluster of many flowers surrounded by leaflike
bracts and coated with downy or glandular hairs. Each flower is just over a centimeter long and blue in color with a purplish throat.
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
pubescens
Flora of California
Flora of Oregon
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
Plants described in 1839
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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