Nama hispida
Species of flowering plant
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Nama hispida is an annual flowering plant in the family Namaceae.[1] Common names include sand bells, rough nama, and bristly nama.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Namaceae |
| Genus: | Nama |
| Species: | N. hispida |
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Sand bells grow in the American desert southwest and throughout northern and central Mexico.[2]
Description
Nama hispida is an annual herb growing 5-30 centimeters tall. Stems are erect to ascending and may further spread with age. The leaves are alternate, slightly broader at the tip and can be 1-7 centimeters long. Leaf bases narrow into a winged petiole, but upper leaves are smaller and sessile. All herbage is pubescent.[2]
Flowers are bright purple, lavender, or pink, and arranged in small clusters at branch tips or they are solitary in leaf axils. Calyces have 5 lobes and are divided nearly to the base. Corollas have a funnel to bell shape, 5 lobes and are roughly 8-15 millimeters long and nearly as wide at the top. Fruits are capsules with many tiny seeds.[2]
Distribution
Similar species
- Nama demissa purple mat
