Navarretia divaricata subsp. divaricata

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Divaricate navarretia is a California native annual found in northwestern California, the Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, southern Sierra Nevada coastal ranges, and Great Basin in open, gravelly, often volcanic areas at elevations of 100 to 2,600 meters. Flowering from June to August, this delicate plant produces white flowers with yellow throats and pink lobe tips in compact clusters. Growing with slender, branching stems, it forms loose, intricate clusters across gravelly ground. Its narrow leaves are divided into fine, needle-like segments that spread in a distinctive, open pattern. The flower bracts are 5 to 10 millimeters long, with tips generally smooth and unhairy.

Habitat: Open, gravelly, often volcanic areas

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 100-2600 m

Bioregions: NW, CaR, SN, s SCoRO (Santa Barbara Co.), GB

California counties: Tuolumne, Shasta, Tulare, Yuba, Calaveras, Nevada, Alpine, Amador, El Dorado, Modoc, Placer, Plumas, Butte, Tehama, Sierra, Lake, San Diego, Fresno, Mono, Mendocino, Mariposa, Glenn, Humboldt, Trinity, Madera

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.