Polemoniaceae
Downy pincushionplant
Navarretia pubescens
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Navarretia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Downy pincushionplant
Synonyms
- Aegochloa pubescens Benth.
- Gilia mitracarpa (Greene) Rattan
- Gilia pubescens (Benth.) Steud.
- Navarretia erecta A.Heller
- Navarretia mitracarpa Greene
- Navarretia mitracarpa subsp. mitracarpa
- Navarretia mitracarpa var. villosa Hoover
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: Scott Loarie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anne Parsons, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dan Fitzgerald (Fitz), CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Arvel Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marcus Tamura, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: avocat, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cricket Raspet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Adam Hightchew, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amelia Tauber, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chuck Wilson, 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.