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Navarretia prostrata
Also called Prostrate Vernal Pool Navarretia, Vernal Pincushion Plant
Prostrate pincushionplant is a small, mat-forming annual wildflower native to California that grows in vernal pools and similar seasonally wet habitat. It is not commonly grown in gardens, so care depends mainly on mimicking its seasonal wet-dry native conditions.
Navarretia prostrata is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names prostrate pincushionplant and prostrate vernal pool navarretia. It is endemic to the U.S. state of California.
The plant has a scattered distribution from the San Francisco Bay Area, through the Transverse Ranges and Peninsular Ranges, to the southern border. It is an occasional member of the flora in vernal pools and similar habitat.
Hollyleaf pincushionplant · Brewer's navarretia · Cotulaleaf pincushionplant · Divaricate navarretia · Threadstem pincushionplant · Vernalpool pincushionplant · Hooked pincushionplant · Tehama pincushionplant · Calistoga pincushionplant · Needleleaf navarretia · Mitrefruit pincushionplant · Jepson's pincushionplant
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Navarretia prostrata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
