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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Navarretia |
| Species: | N. intertexta |
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Navarretia intertexta is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family, known by the common name needleleaf pincushionplant.
It is native to western North America, including most of the western United States and extending into the Midwest. It grows in a variety of habitat types, including moist meadows and vernal pools.
It is a hairy annual herb growing up to about 28 centimeters long, growing erect or spreading wider than tall. The leaves are divided into many needlelike lobes. The inflorescence is a head of flowers lined with leaflike bracts with needle-shaped lobes, and often with a coat of dense hairs. The flowers are white to blue and tubular in shape.
Taxonomy
[edit]In 1833 botanist George Bentham described a new genus that he named Aegochloa, but is was later combined with Gilia.[3] At the same time he described a new species which he named Aegochloa intertexta, that was then placed in Navarretia in 1837 by William Jackson Hooker. Together with its genus it is classified in the family Polemoniaceae and the species has two accepted subspecies.[2]
- Navarretia intertexta subsp. intertexta – Native to the westernmost states and provinces[4]
- Navarretia intertexta subsp. propinqua – Widespread from Pacific to the Rocky Mountains[5]
Navarretia intertexta has eight synonyms of the species or its two subspecies.
| Name | Year | Rank | Synonym of: | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aegochloa intertexta Benth. | 1833 | species | N. intertexta | ≡ hom. |
| Gilia intertexta (Benth.) Steud. | 1840 | species | N. intertexta | ≡ hom. |
| Gilia propinqua (Suksd.) H.St.John | 1963 | species | subsp. propinqua | ≡ hom. |
| Navarretia intertexta var. alpina Brand | 1907 | variety | subsp. intertexta | = het. |
| Navarretia intertexta var. propinqua (Suksd.) Brand | 1907 | variety | subsp. propinqua | ≡ hom. |
| Navarretia minima var. intertexta (Benth.) B.Boivin | 1966 | variety | N. intertexta | ≡ hom. |
| Navarretia propinqua Suksd. | 1906 | species | subsp. propinqua | ≡ hom. |
| Navarretia stricta Howell | 1901 | species | subsp. intertexta | = het. |
| Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym; = heterotypic synonym | ||||
Range
[edit]The needleleaf pincushionplant is native to western North America from western Canada to northwestern Mexico. In Canada it is recorded in British Columbia and Saskatchewan.[2] In the US it grows in scattered locations in western North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska. In the northwestern US it is also widely scattered in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho, but becomes more widely reported to the west in Washington and Oregon.[6] Precise locations for the species in Colorado and New Mexico are not recorded,[6] but it is native to both states.[2] Further west it is quite widespread in California and also grows in some areas of Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.[6] Isolated native occurrences are reported for Ohio and Massachusetts,[6] but the population from Wayne County, Tennessee is believed to be introduced.[7] In Mexico it only is found in Baja California.[8]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ↑ NatureServe 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 POWO 2026b.
- ↑ POWO 2026a.
- ↑ POWO 2026c.
- ↑ POWO 2026d.
- 1 2 3 4 NRCS 2026.
- ↑ NRCS 2026; POWO 2026b.
- ↑ Hassler 2026.
Sources
[edit]Web sources
[edit]- NatureServe (2 July 2026). "Navarretia intertexta". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- Hassler, Michael (20 May 2026). "Navarretia intertexta in the Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 26.05". World Plants. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- NRCS (2026). "Navarretia intertexta". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- POWO (2026a). "Aegochloa Benth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- POWO (2026b). "Navarretia intertexta (Benth.) Hook". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- POWO (2026c). "Navarretia intertexta subsp. intertexta". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- POWO (2026d). "Navarretia intertexta subsp. propinqua (Suksd.) A.G.Day". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
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