The flowers of this Navarettia are crowded into spherical clusters. Each flower is subtended by a 3-lobed leaf-like bract. Bracts typically differ from ordinary leaves in both size and shape. In this species they give the flower cluster a spike-like appearance which may function to discourage browsing predators.
DISTRIBUTION: Open, wet areas, meadows, and vernal pools from the Klamath, North Coast, and Cascade Ranges to the Sierra Nevada Foothills, Great Central Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, and South Coast Ranges; < 1800 m.
