Navarretia intertexta
Navarretia intertexta is a species of flowering plant in the family phlox, known by the common name needleleaf pincushionplant.
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Navarretia |
| Species: | N. intertexta |
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It is native to western North America, including most of the western United States and extending into the Midwest. It grows in a variety of habitat types, including moist meadows and vernal pools.
It is a hairy annual herb growing up to about 28 centimeters long, growing erect or spreading wider than tall. The leaves are divided into many needlelike lobes. The inflorescence is a head of flowers lined with leaflike bracts with needle-shaped lobes, and often with a coat of dense hairs. The flowers are white to blue and tubular in shape.
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Navarretia intertexta, West Eugene Wetland, Oregon
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