Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Navarretia leptalea (formerly Gilia leptalea) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Bridges' pincushionplant. It is native to the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range in California and Oregon, where it grows in colorful carpets in mountain meadows. It produces glandular stems with linear or narrowly oval-shaped leaves. The tiny stem is topped with an inflorescence of one or more funnel-shaped pink flowers with long, narrow throats.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

2 - 13 in Tall

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Color

Pink

Plant communities

Chaparral, Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest