''Navarretia intertexta'' is a species of flowering plant in the family phlox, known by the common name needleleaf pincushionplant. It is native to western North America, including most of the western United States and extending into the Midwest. It grows in a variety of habitat types, including moist meadows and vernal pools. It is a hairy annual herb growing up to about 28 centimeters long, growing erect or spreading wider than tall. The leaves are divided into many needlelike lobes. The

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed ...

is a head of flowers lined with leaflike bracts with needle-shaped lobes, and often with a coat of dense hairs. The flowers are white to blue and tubular in shape.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q6982141 intertexta Flora of the Western United States Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Flora of California Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Flora without expected TNC conservation status