Species Information
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Anthophyta
Class: Dicotyledoneae
Order: Boraginales
Family: Namaceae
Genus: Nama
Species: xylopodum
Yellowseed Fiddleleaf - Nama xylopodum
Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants
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Species Extent (New Mexico)
General Description
Herbaceous perennial; stems 5-12 cm long, erect or ascending, freely branching from a woody crown; leaves alternate, oblanceolate to spatulate, sharply pointed, weakly revolute, 5-20 mm long and 2-4 mm wide; stem and leaves grayish and strigose-hispid; flowers solitary or in small terminal clusters; corolla tubular-funnelform, 6-8 mm long, blue, pale lavender, or almost white; stamen bases dilated into free-margined, toothed scales much shorter than the free filaments; seeds reticulate, yellow. Flowers May to September.
Status
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 12
Number of Mapped Locations: 265
Number of Observations: 269
Observation date range: 05-18-1951 to 05-11-2005
External Links
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NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)