Nemacladus tenuis var. tenuis

Desert nemacladus

Family: Campanulaceae · Type: annual · Native

Desert nemacladus is a California native annual found in Desert bioregions in dry, sandy or gravelly soils at elevations below 1,600 meters. Flowering from April to May, this delicate plant produces white flowers with pale or deep pink tips, each tiny bloom approximately 2 millimeters long. Growing with extremely slender stems less than 0.1 millimeters in diameter, the plant forms a sparse, wispy structure. Its flowers feature distinct corolla lobes divided nearly to the base, with adaxial and abaxial lobes that are roughly triangular and nearly equal in shape. The small fruit measures 1 to 2 millimeters in length, complementing the plant's minimalist botanical architecture.

Habitat: Dry, sandy or gravelly soils

Bloom period: Apr-May

Elevation: < 1600 m

Bioregions: D

California counties: Riverside, Imperial, San Diego, San Bernardino, Inyo

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