''Navarretia viscidula'' is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name sticky pincushionplant.Calflora: ''Navarretia viscidula''
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, where it can be found in the

Sierra Nevada foothills :''See Sierra Nevada for general information about the mountain range in the United States.'' The ecology of the Sierra Nevada, located in the U.S. states of California and Nevada, is diverse and complex: the plants and animals are a significant ...

and the

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in and around the

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. It grows in moist and wet spots in mountain and hillside habitat, such as vernal pools and spring meadows.

Description

''Navarretia viscidula'' is a hairy, glandular annual herb producing a spreading, branching stem up to about 24 centimeters tall. The leaves are strap-shaped or divided into narrow, flat or 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 cluster of many flowers surrounded by 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. The flowers are reddish-purple to purple and 1 to 1.5 centimeters in length.

References

External links

Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Navarretia viscidula''UC CalPhotos gallery
viscidula Endemic flora of California Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the Central Valley (California) Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Polemoniaceae-stub