Nama densum

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Nama densum
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Status TNC G5.svg
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Namaceae
Genus: Nama
Species:
N. densum
Binomial name
Nama densum

Nama densum (also, Nama densa) is a species of flowering plant in the family Namaceae known by the common name leafy fiddleleaf, matted nama or leafy nama. [2] It is an annual plant and ranges from the Pacific Northwest to California to Colorado.

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Description

It is a very hairy annual plant forming a small patch of prostrate stems up to 4 in (10 cm) long. [2] It has sessile leaves which are lanceolate to oblanceolate in shape. [3] The inflorescence is a tiny solitary flower blooming from a leaf axil. Each flower is white to purple-tinged, [2] funnel-shaped, and just a few millimeters long. [3]

Distribution and habitat

It is native to the western United States from the Pacific Northwest to California to Colorado, where it grows in many types of mostly sandy or gravelly habitat. [2]

Conservation

NatureServe lists Nama densum as Secure (G5) worldwide and it was last reviewed by NatureServe on 15 May 1998. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 NatureServe. "Nama densum". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  3. 1 2 "Nama densa". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
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