Navarretia tagetina is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names marigold pincushionplant[1] and marigold navarretia.

It is native to the western United States from Washington to central California, where it grows in wet grassland habitat such as vernal pools.

It is a somewhat hairy annual herb growing up to about 30 centimeters tall.

The leaves are deeply divided into many spreading needlelike lobes.

The inflorescence is a cluster of many flowers surrounded by leaflike bracts.