Navarretia rosulata

Navarretia rosulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Navarretia
Species: N. rosulata
Binomial name
Navarretia rosulata
Brand

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]

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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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