Navarretia intertexta

Navarretia intertexta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Polemoniaceae
Subfamilia: Polemonioideae
Tribus: Gilieae
Genus: Navarretia
Species: Navarretia intertexta
Subspecies: N. i. subsp. intertexta – N. i. subsp. propinqua

Name

Navarretia intertexta (Benth.) Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer., Bot. N. Brit. Amer. 2: 75 (1837)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Aegochloa intertexta Benth. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1622 (1833)
  • Gilia intertexta (Benth.) Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 683 (1840)
  • Navarretia minima var. intertexta (Benth.) B.Boivin in Naturaliste Canad. 93: 1061 (1966 publ. 1967)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regionalː Central USA Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming Regionalː Canada British Columbia, Saskatchewan Regionalː Western USA California, Oregon, Washington Regionalː Mexico Mexico Northwest Introduced into: Tennessee References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, W.J. 1834–1840. Flora Boreali-Americana, or, the botany of the northern parts of British America. Vol. 2. pp. 1–328. H.G. Bohn, London. BHL Reference page.  2:75.

Additional references

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 
• USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database https://web.archive.org/web/20240926064532/https://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Navarretia intertexta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 February 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Navarretia intertexta. Published online. Accessed: February 24 2026. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Navarretia intertexta in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: needleleaf pincushionplant

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