Polemoniaceae
Alva Day's pincushionplant
Navarretia sinistra
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Navarretia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Alva Day's pincushionplant
Synonyms
- Allophyllum sinistrum (M.E.Jones) A.G.Day & V.E.Grant
- Collomia sinistra (M.E.Jones ex Brand)
- Gilia sinistra M.E.Jones
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Aaron Liston, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aaron Liston, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Kennedy, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Kennedy, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Kennedy, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.