Polemoniaceae
Honeyscented pincushionplant
Navarretia mellita
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Navarretia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Honeyscented pincushionplant
Synonyms
- Gilia mellita Greene
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 69 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: runcator, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Arvel Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Felicia Gershberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Arvel Hernandez, 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.