Nemacladus inyoensis

Badger flat nemacladus

Family: Campanulaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Badger flat nemacladus is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native annual found in the Inyo Mountains in limestone, sandstone, and granite rubble and washes at elevations of 1,600 to 2,600 meters. Flowering from May to July, this delicate plant produces cream-colored flowers with a distinctive maroon line along the midvein, emerging on thin pedicels with tiny widely ovate bracts. Growing with erect, branching stems 2 to 10 centimeters tall, it forms a slender, delicate structure with shallow zigzag branching from base and upper nodes. Its small leaves, 1 to 4 millimeters long, are elliptic to ovate, entire, and either glabrous or lightly white-haired with a heart-shaped to rounded base. The fruit is dark purplish green, nearly spherical, and measures 2.5 to 3 millimeters across.

Habitat: Limestone, sandstone, or granite rubble and granite washes

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 1600-2600 m

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