Navarretia intertexta

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Navarretia intertexta is a California native annual found in diverse bioregions including the Klamath Ranges, North Coast Ranges, Cascade Ranges, Sierra Nevada Foothills, Central Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, South Coast Ranges, Southwest, and Modoc Plateau in open, seasonally wet areas and vernal pools at elevations below 2,100 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white to light blue flowers with delicate ovate petals nestled among pinnate-lobed bracts that are longer than the flowers themselves. Growing 8 to 28 centimeters tall with ascending branches covered in reflexed white hairs, it develops an intricate structural form with needle-like leaf lobes spreading at the tips. Its leaves are finely dissected, with 1 to 2 levels of pinnate lobing and sparse white hairs near the base, creating a delicate, lacy appearance. The fruit develops translucent chambers that open when moistened, revealing dark brown, pitted seeds.

Habitat: Open, seasonally wet areas, meadows, vernal pools

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: < 2100 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoR, CaR, SNF, GV, SnFrB, SCoR, SW, MP

California counties: Mendocino, Yuba, San Diego, Riverside, Fresno, Lake, Sutter, Butte, Plumas, Tehama, Modoc, Sacramento, Humboldt, Shasta, Nevada, Lassen, Napa, El Dorado, Trinity, Sonoma, Tuolumne, Los Angeles, Siskiyou, Kern, Stanislaus, Solano, Calaveras, Madera, Mariposa, Marin, Placer, Yolo, San Bernardino, Amador, Santa Barbara, Colusa, Santa Clara, Sierra, San Joaquin, Del Norte, San Luis Obispo, Merced, Ventura, Tulare, Alpine

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