Nama densa

Family: Namaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Dense nama is a California native perennial found in desert and mountain regions in rocky or gravelly habitats. Flowering from spring to summer, this plant produces white to pale purple flowers with small blossoms less than 3.5 millimeters in diameter. Growing with prostrate stems that fork and spread, it features dense, stiff hairs with swollen bases that give the plant a distinctive texture. Its leaves are sessile, lance-shaped to oblanceolate, hugging the ground in compact clusters. The fruit is small, measuring 2 to 4 millimeters long, with seeds that are elliptic to ovoid and colored brown to black.

California counties: Mono, Inyo, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Nevada, Siskiyou, Los Angeles

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