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Nama pusillum

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Boraginaceae

Genus
  
Nama

Higher classification
  
Nama

Order
  
(unplaced)

Subfamily
  
Hydrophylloideae

Scientific name
  
Nama pusillum

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Species

Nama pusillum

Nama 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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Nama pusillum Wikipedia