Nama pusilla

Nama pusilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Namaceae
Genus: Nama
Species:
N. pusilla
Binomial name
Nama pusilla
Lemmon ex A.Gray

Nama pusilla (also spelt Nama pusillum) is a species of flowering plant in the family Namaceae[1] or a broadly defined Boraginaceae,[2] known by the common name eggleaf fiddleleaf. It is native to the deserts of eastern California and Nevada and Arizona, where it grows in sandy and rocky habitat.

Nama pusilla is a hairy annual plant forming a small patch of prostrate stems no more than about 6 centimeters long. The fuzzy reddish or green leaves are up to a centimeter long and oval or lance-shaped, with winged petioles. The tiny funnel-shaped flowers are white to pale pink in color and have five-lobed faces just 1 or 2 millimeters wide.

References

  1. ^ "Namaceae Molinari". World Flora Online. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  2. ^ "Nama L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2026-03-03.