Navarretia leucocephala subsp. bakeri

Baker's navarretia, Baker's Navarretia

Family: Polemoniaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1

Baker's navarretia is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native annual found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, California Ranges, western Sacramento Valley, and northern San Francisco Bay Area in vernal pools at elevations below 1,700 meters. Flowering from April to July, this delicate plant produces white flowers with linear corolla lobes in small, compact heads. Growing with erect stems 2 to 10 centimeters tall and ascending branches, it forms a compact, intricate structure. Its leaves are finely divided with branching lobes, creating a distinctive, delicate appearance with narrow, thread-like segments. The flower's white corolla tube has a narrow throat just 1 to 2 millimeters wide, giving the plant a subtle, intricate beauty characteristic of vernal pool environments.

Habitat: Vernal pools

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: < 1700 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoR, CaRH, w ScV, n SnFrB.

California counties: Mendocino, Solano, Lake, Trinity, Sonoma, Colusa, Tehama, Merced, Marin, Sutter, Glenn, Napa, Madera, Humboldt, Lassen, Yolo

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