Navarretia leucocephala Calflora

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Taxon Report

Navarretia leucocephala Benth.

White headed navarretia, Whitehead navarretia

2018 Walter Floyd

2002 Steve Tyron

2019 Julie Kierstead Nelson

2009 Bob Case

2019 Julie Kierstead Nelson

Navarretia leucocephala is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search (1017 records) Plant Characteristics

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... ssp. bakeri ... ssp. leucocephala ... ssp. minima ... ssp. pauciflora ... ssp. plieantha
Genus:	Navarretia
Family:	Polemoniaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs in wetlands

Communities: Foothill Woodland, Valley Grassland, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Information about Navarretia leucocephala from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (NALE) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 06/06/2023).