Nama pusilla

Family: Namaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Nama pusilla is a California native perennial found in northern San Bernardino Mountains, western and Inyo Mountains, northern Mojave Desert, and northern Sonoran Desert in sandy to rocky flats at elevations of 200 to 1,740 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces white to pale pink flowers less than 5 millimeters long with a narrow limb. Growing with prostrate stems 2 to 6 centimeters tall, it forms dense, short-spreading clumps with slender hairy stems that fork at the base. Its leaves are small, 2 to 11 millimeters long, lanceolate to ovate, with winged leaf stalks that are 1 to 6 millimeters in length. The tiny seeds are irregular, brown-black, with a distinctive net-like surface featuring intricate depressions.

Habitat: Sandy to rocky flats

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: 200-1740 m

Bioregions: n SnBr, W&ampI, DMoj, n DSon

California counties: San Bernardino, Inyo, Riverside, Imperial

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