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Navarretia hamata foliacea

(Navarretia hamata foliacea)

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Description

Navarretia hamata is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name hooked pincushionplant. Navarretia hamata is a hairy, glandular annual herb producing a spreading, erect stem up to about 30 centimeters tall. It usually has a strong skunky scent. The leaves are divided into narrow, sharp-tipped lobes, the ones at the tip of each leaf hooked.The inflorescence is a head filled with leaflike green bracts. The pink or purple flowers are tubular with five-lobed corollas and measure up to 1.5 centimeters long.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Ericales
Family:Polemoniaceae
Genus:Navarretia
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