Nemacladus glanduliferus

Glandular threadplant

Family: Campanulaceae · Type: annual · Native

Glandular threadplant is a California native annual found in the Peninsular Ranges, southern Sierra Nevada, and Deserts in sandy or gravelly canyon soils at elevations of 150 to 1,900 meters. Flowering from March to May, this delicate plant produces small white flowers with elliptic lobes, each blossom about 2 millimeters wide. Growing with stiffly ascending stems 5 to 25 centimeters tall that branch from the base, the plant has a distinctive zigzag growth pattern. Its leaves are 3 to 16 millimeters long, oblanceolate to elliptic, with toothed or pinnately lobed edges and a slightly hairy texture that tapers to a narrow petiole. The tiny fruit is approximately spherical, measuring 2 to 4 millimeters across with rounded base and tip.

Habitat: Sandy or gravelly soils, canyons

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: 150-1900 m

Bioregions: PR, s SNE, D

California counties: Imperial, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Inyo, Kern

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