Tiquilia plicata

Tiquilia plicata
leaves averaging 3/8 inches

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: (unplaced)
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Tiquilia
Species: T. plicata
Binomial name
Tiquilia plicata
(Torr.) A.T.Richardson
Synonyms

Coldenia plicata

Tiquilia plicata, the fanleaf crinklemat[1] 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.

References

  1. "Tiquilia plicata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

See also

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