Navarretia atractyloides

Navarretia atractyloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Genus:	Navarretia
Species:	N. atractyloides
Binomial name
Navarretia atractyloides (Benth.) Hook. & Arn.

Navarretia atractyloides is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name hollyleaf pincushionplant.

It is native to the coastal mountain ranges of western North America from Oregon through California to Baja California, where it grows in open areas in local habitat types. It is similar to Navarretia hamata, but lacks the skunky scent of that species.

It is a hairy, glandular annual herb approaching 30 centimeters in maximum height. The leaves are strap-shaped with abrupt divisions into small, narrow teeth at intervals. The inflorescence is a head filled with spine-toothed, leaflike bracts. The flowers tucked amidst the bracts are light purple or occasionally white, with reddish veining in their tubular throats. The flower is just under a centimeter long and has a five-lobed corolla.

External links

• Calflora Database: Navarretia atractyloides (holly leaf navarretia, hollyleaf pincushionplant)
• Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Navarretia atractyloides
• USDA Plants Profile for Navarretia atractyloides (hollyleaf pincushionplant)
• UC Photos gallery — Navarretia atractyloides