Navarretia cotulifolia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Polemoniaceae |
Genus: | Navarretia |
Species: | N. cotulifolia
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Binomial name | |
Navarretia cotulifolia (Benth.) Hook. & Arn.
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Navarretia cotulifolia is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name cotulaleaf pincushionplant, or cotula navarretia.
It is endemic to northern California, where it grows in the Sacramento Valley and the Coast Ranges in and around the San Francisco Bay Area.
It grows in moist areas in chaparral and grassland habitat, such as vernal pools, in heavy soils such as adobe clay.