Pronunciation: nav-ar-ET-ee-a fos-SAY-lis
Common name: Spreading navarretia
Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
Habitat: Vernal pools, ditches to 4000', San Diego
and Riverside Cos., Otay Mesa
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Navarretia
2) fossalis