About Navarretia heterodoxa (Greene) Greene
Navarretia heterodoxa (Greene) Greene is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family, commonly called Calistoga pincushionplant. This plant is endemic to California's San Francisco Bay Area, where it grows in serpentine soils of local hills and mountains. It is a hairy, glandular annual herb that produces a slender stem up to around 24 centimeters long, and it gives off a skunky scent. Its leaves are divided into threadlike or needlelike lobes. The inflorescence forms a head of flowers lined with palmate bracts. The flowers are purple, approximately one centimeter long, with corollas split into five lobes.
