Navarretia sinistra

Navarretia sinistra (formerly Gilia sinistra) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Alva Day's pincushionplant.[1]

Navarretia sinistra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Navarretia
Species:
N. sinistra
Binomial name
Navarretia sinistra
(M.E.Jones) L.A.Johnson
Synonyms

Gilia sinistra

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 stamens are tipped with blue anthers.

The bloom period is June to August.[1]

Distribution and habitat

The plant is endemic to the western United States, within northern California, Nevada, and Oregon.[2]

It is native to mountain chaparral, sagebrush scrub, yellow pine forest, red fir forest, and lodgepole forest habitats, often on volcanic or serpentine soils.[1] It grows at 50–2,700 metres (160–8,860 ft) in elevation.

References
  1. Calflora: Navarretia sinistra
  2. USDA: Navarretia sinistra


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