Navarretia cotulifolia

Navarretia cotulifolia is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name cotulaleaf pincushionplant, or cotula navarretia.

Navarretia cotulifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Navarretia
Species:
N. cotulifolia
Binomial name
Navarretia cotulifolia

It is endemic to northern California, where it grows in the Sacramento Valley and the Coast Ranges in and around the San Francisco Bay Area.

It grows in moist areas in chaparral and grassland habitat, such as vernal pools, in heavy soils such as adobe clay.

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