Navarretia tagetina
Navarretia tagetina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Polemoniaceae |
Genus: | Navarretia |
Species: | N. tagetina |
Binomial name | |
Navarretia tagetina Greene | |
Navarretia tagetina is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names marigold pincushionplant[1] and marigold navarretia. It is native to the western United States from Washington to central California, where it grows in wet grassland habitat such as vernal pools. It is a somewhat hairy annual herb growing up to about 30 centimeters tall. The leaves are deeply divided into many spreading needlelike lobes. The inflorescence is a cluster of many flowers surrounded by leaflike bracts. The flowers are pale blue and about a centimeter long.
References
- ↑ "Navarretia tagetina". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
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