Navarretia prolifera is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names bur pincushionplant and yellow bur navarretia.

It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, where it grows near running water.

Navarretia prolifera is an annual herb with branching or whorled spreading stems up to about 16 centimetres in height.

The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers surrounded by hairy leaflike bracts divided into pointed, needlelike lobes.

lutea bearing yellow flowers and ssp.