Biology:Navarretia heterandra

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Navarretia heterandra
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Navarretia
Species:
N. heterandra
Binomial name
Navarretia heterandra
H.Mason

Navarretia heterandra is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Tehama pincushionplant, or Tehama navarretia.

Distribution

It is native to northern California and southern Oregon, where it is found in moist areas on grasslands, such as vernal pools.

Description

Navarretia heterandra is a hairy annual herb producing a thin decumbent stem no more than 11 centimeters long. The leaves are divided into threadlike or needlelike lobes. The inflorescence is a compact, hairy head lined with red-tipped greenish bracts. The flowers are white with purple-spotted tubular throats. They are under a centimeter long and have four or five lobes in their corollas.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6982140 entry