Polemoniaceae

Needleleaf navarretia

Navarretia intertexta Hook.

Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Navarretia

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Needleleaf navarretia (Navarretia intertexta) — FlowerPhoto: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

English: Needleleaf navarretia
Finnish: Villaneulio
Swedish: Nätnavarretia

Synonyms

Aegochloa intertexta Benth.
Gilia intertexta Steud.
Navarretia minima var. intertexta (Benth.) B.Boivin

Flowers

In flower: May to July (from 157 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Kennedy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sean Haight, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sula Vanderplank, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: ashlieia, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Colin J Pryor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Scott Loarie, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: mark-groeneveld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, 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.