Navarretia leptalea

Navarretia leptalea (formerly Gilia leptalea) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Bridges' pincushionplant.

Navarretia leptalea
Carpet of N. leptalea in Madera County, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Genus:	Navarretia
Species:	N. leptalea
Binomial name
Navarretia leptalea (A.Gray) L.A.Johnson
Synonyms
Gilia leptalea

It is native to the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range in California and Oregon, where it grows in colorful carpets in mountain meadows. It produces glandular stems with linear or narrowly oval-shaped leaves. The tiny stem is topped with an inflorescence of one or more funnel-shaped pink flowers with long, narrow throats.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
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