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Navarretia pubescens 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Polemoniaceae Genus: Navarretia Species: N. pubescens Binomial name Navarretia pubescens
(Benth.) Hook. & Arn.Synonyms Navarretia mitracarpa
Navarretia pubescens is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name downy pincushionplant. It is native to southern Oregon and to the central mountain ranges of California, where it can be found in open mountainous habitat.
It is a hairy, glandular annual herb producing a reddish or brownish stem up to about 33 centimeters in maximum length. The leaves are divided into many linear or needlelike lobes, sometimes clustered. The upper leaves are hairy, the lower generally hairless. The inflorescence is a cluster of many flowers surrounded by leaflike bracts and coated with downy or glandular hairs. Each flower is just over a centimeter long and blue in color with a purplish throat.
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