Biology:Navarretia heterodoxa
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Navarretia heterodoxa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 Greene
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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
Wikidata ☰ Q6982139 entry
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