Navarretia rosulata

Navarretia rosulata is a rare species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names San Anselmo navarretia, Marin County navarretia, and Marin County pincushionplant.[1]

Navarretia rosulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Navarretia
Species:
N. rosulata
Binomial name
Navarretia rosulata
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Distribution

The plant is endemic to California, where it is known from only about 20 occurrences in Marin and Napa Counties.[1]

It grows in chaparral and closed-cone pine forest habitats of the Northern California Coast Ranges, from 200–600 metres (660–1,970 ft) in elevation.[1]

It is endemic to rocky serpentine soils.[1]

Conservation

The plant is an Endangered species on the California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants.[2]

Description

Navarretia rosulata is a hairy, glandular annual herb growing up to 13 centimetres (5.1 in) tall. It has a skunky scent. The leaves are divided into many linear lobes.

The inflorescence is a cluster of many flowers surrounded by leaflike bracts and hairy, glandular sepals. The flowers are white to lavender in color, tube-throated, and just under 1 centimetre (0.39 in) long. The bloom period is May to July.[1]

Taxonomy

This plant was considered a subspecies of Navarretia heterodoxa (Navarretia heterodoxa ssp. rosulata) until 1993, when it was separated and named a distinct species.[3]

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References
  1. Calflora: Navarretia rosulata
  2. California Native Plant Society, Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02): Navarretia rosulata . accessed 28 March 2016.
  3. Day, A. G. (1993). "New taxa and nomenclatural changes in Allophyllum, Gilia, and Navarretia (Polemoniaceae)." Novon 3:4 331-40.
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