Nama demissa

Family: Namaceae · Type: perennial · Native

nama demissa is a California native perennial found in desert and western mountain ranges in rocky or sandy habitats at elevations typically below 2,000 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces delicate white to lavender flowers in small clusters with a funnel-shaped corolla. Growing with prostrate stems 3 to 20 centimeters long that are densely covered in fine, mealy-glandular hairs, it spreads in low, forked branches across the ground. Its leaves are covered with similar soft, glandular hairs, creating a distinctive fuzzy texture that helps distinguish this small desert plant. When mature, the plant produces tiny spheric to ovoid seeds less than half a millimeter long, ranging from brown to black with cross-ridged surfaces.

California counties: Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Inyo, Mono, San Diego, Imperial, Kern, Tulare, Lassen, Modoc, San Mateo, Ventura

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.