Polemoniaceae
Hollyleaf pincushionplant
Navarretia atractyloides
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Navarretia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Hollyleaf pincushionplant
Synonyms
- Aegochloa atractyloides Benth.
- Gilia atractyloides Steud.
- Gilia atractyloides var. foliacea Munz
- Gilia atractyloides var. macrantha Munz
- Gilia foliacea (Greene) Rattan
- Navarretia atractyloides var. flavida Jeps.
- Navarretia atractyloides var. foliacea (Greene) Jeps.
- Navarretia foliacea Greene
- Navarretia hamata subsp. foliacea (Greene) H.Mason
- Navarretia hamata var. foliacea (Greene) Thorne
- Navarretia hirsutissima Brand
- Navarretia macrantha Brand
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 400 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sula Vanderplank, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leah Gardner, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Stevie Steele, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Irene, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Genevieve K. Walden, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Zupan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David A. Krause, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel Kennedy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dan Horowitz, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.