Kingdom Plantae Family Boraginaceae Scientific name Tiquilia plicata Rank Species | Order (unplaced) Genus Tiquilia Higher classification Tiquilia | |
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Similar Tiquilia, Boraginaceae, Tiquilia canescens, Dicoria canescens, Psorothamnus emoryi | ||
Tiquilia plicata, the fanleaf crinklemat or fan-leaved tiquilia, is a perennial, subshrub-like plant of lower elevation deserts in the Boraginaceae family, the borages and forget-me-nots. It is found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, in the states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Sonora, and Baja California. It is a short, low-growing plant, seldom over 12 in tall.
It has purple, lavender to bluish 5-lobed flowers; also small ovate leaves, crinkly with ridges, up to 1/2 in.
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