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Nama pusillum Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: (unplaced) Family: Boraginaceae Subfamily: Hydrophylloideae Genus: Nama Species: N. pusillum Binomial name Nama pusillum
Lemmon ex A.GrayNama pusillum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name eggleaf fiddleleaf. It is native to the deserts of eastern California and Nevada and Arizona, where it grows in sandy and rocky habitat.
Nama pusillum is a hairy annual plant forming a small patch of prostrate stems no more than about 6 centimeters long. The fuzzy reddish or green leaves are up to a centimeter long and oval or lance-shaped, with winged petioles. The tiny funnel-shaped flowers are white to pale pink in color and have five-lobed faces just 1 or 2 millimeters wide.
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Categories:- Hydrophylloideae
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Flora of the Great Basin desert region
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Nevada
- Asterid stubs
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