Nama hispida
| Nama hispida | |
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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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| Binomial name | |
| Nama hispida | |
Nama hispida is an annual flowering plant in the family Namaceae.[1] Common names include sand bells, rough nama, and bristly nama.
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
Nama hispida occurs in the southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico. It's range extends from California east to Oklahoma and Texas. The distribution continues south into Baja and mainland Mexico, until the state of Veracruz. [1]
Similar species
- Nama demissa purple mat
References
- ^ a b "Nama hispida Boiss." World Flora Online. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
- ^ a b c SEINet Arizona-New Mexico chapter - Nama hispida. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
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