| Navarretia prostrata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Navarretia |
| Species: | N. prostrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Navarretia prostrata (A.Gray) Greene |
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Navarretia prostrata is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name prostrate pincushionplant. It is endemic to California, where it has a scattered distribution from the San Francisco Bay Area to the southern border. It is an occasional member of the flora in vernal pools and similar habitat.
It is a petite annual herb sitting prostrate on the ground with a central stem and flower head and radiating stem branches bearing more heads. The hairless leaves are divided into many threadlike lobes. The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers surrounded by leaflike bracts. The flowers are just under a centimeter long, their blue or white corollas divided into narrow lobes.