- Nama lobbii
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Nama lobbii 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: (unplaced) Family: Boraginaceae Subfamily: Hydrophylloideae Genus: Nama Species: N. lobbii Binomial name Nama lobbii
A.GrayNama lobbii is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names Lobb's fiddleleaf and Woolly nama. It is native to the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range chain in California and adjacent sections of Nevada and Oregon. It grows in high mountain habitat in dry areas on slopes and ridges.
Nama lobbii' is a rhizomatous perennial herb forming dense mats of glandular hairy to woolly herbage usually spreading more than a metre wide. The sticky, hairy oval leaves are up to six centimetres long, occurring alternately along the branching stems and in clusters at stem forks. The funnel-shaped flowers are just under a centimetre wide with five rounded lobes. They are deep pink to purple in color. The plant sends out wide root networks which can grow up to five meters in length per year and sprout new plants.[1]
Uses
The plant Nama lobbii' has been recommended for use as groundcover in revegetation projects in its native mountain ranges.[1]
References
- ^ a b Nord, E. C. and A. T. Leiser. Nama lobbii Gray. US Forest Service Woody Plant Seed Manual.
External links
Categories:- Hydrophylloideae
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada region (U.S.)
- Flora of the West Coast of the United States
- Flora of California
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Oregon
- Asterid stubs
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