Navarretia sinistra
Encyclopedia
Navarretia sinistra is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family
known by the common name Alva Day's pincushionplant. It is native to the western United States, where it grows in forests and mountain chaparral
habitat, often on volcanic or serpentine soil
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It 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 sepal
s which are ribbed with reddish membranous tissue between. The tubular flower has a pink corolla and a red-streaked yellow throat. The protruding stamen
s are tipped with blue anthers.
Polemoniaceae
Polemoniaceae are a family of about 25 genera with 270-400 species of annual and perennial plants, native to the Northern Hemisphere and South America, with the center of diversity in western North America, especially in California.Only one genus is found in Europe, and two in Asia, where they...
known by the common name Alva Day's pincushionplant. It is native to the western United States, where it grows in forests and mountain chaparral
Chaparral
Chaparral is a shrubland or heathland plant community found primarily in the U.S. state of California and in the northern portion of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico...
habitat, often on volcanic or serpentine soil
Serpentine soil
A serpentine soil is derived from ultramafic rocks, in particular serpentinite, a rock formed by the hydration and metamorphic transformation of ultramafic rock from the Earth's mantle....
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Description
It produces a branching, leafy stem coated in knobby glands. The leaves are sometimes deeply cut or lobed. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
produces generally 2 or 3 flowers on very thin stalks. Each flower has a pouchlike calyx of sepal
Sepal
A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms . Collectively the sepals form the calyx, which is the outermost whorl of parts that form a flower. Usually green, sepals have the typical function of protecting the petals when the flower is in bud...
s which are ribbed with reddish membranous tissue between. The tubular flower has a pink corolla and a red-streaked yellow throat. The protruding stamen
Stamen
The stamen is the pollen producing reproductive organ of a flower...
s are tipped with blue anthers.