''Navarretia sinistra'' (formerly ''Gilia sinistra'') is a species of flowering plant in the
phlox family known by the common name Alva Day's pincushionplant.
[Calflora: ''Navarretia sinistra'']
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Description
''Navarretia sinistra'' produces a branching, leafy stem coated in knobby glands. The leaves are sometimes deeply cut or lobed.
The inflorescence produces generally 2 or 3 flowers on very thin stalks. Each flower has a pouchlike calyx of sepals which are ribbed with reddish membranous tissue between. The tubular flower has a pink corolla and a red-streaked yellow throat. The protruding stamen
The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10
Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...
s are tipped with blue anthers.
The bloom period is June to August.[
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Distribution and habitat
The plant is endemic to the western United States, within northern California, Nevada, and Oregon.USDA: ''Navarretia sinistra''
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It is native to mountain chaparral
Chaparral ( ) is a shrubland plant community and geographical feature found primarily in the U.S. state of California, in southern Oregon, and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. It is shaped by a Mediterranean c ...
, sagebrush scrub, yellow pine forest
Ponderosa pine forest is a plant association and plant community dominated by ponderosa pine and found in western North America. It is found from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast Ranges in the Western United States and Western Canada. In ...
, red fir forest, and lodgepole forest habitats, often on volcanic or serpentine soil
Serpentine soil is an uncommon soil type produced by weathered ultramafic rock such as peridotite and its metamorphic derivatives such as serpentinite. More precisely, serpentine soil contains minerals of the serpentine subgroup, especially anti ...
s.[ It grows at in elevation.
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References
External links
Calflora Database: ''Navarretia sinistra'' (Alva day's pincushionplant)Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Navarretia sinistra''UC CalPhotos gallery − ''Navarretia sinistra''
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Flora of California
Flora of Nevada
Flora of Oregon
Flora of the Cascade Range
Flora of the Great Basin
Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Endemic flora of the United States
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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