purple mat
Nama demissa
Nama demissa is an annual flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is known by the common name purplemat, or purple mat.
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Description
Nama demissa grows to three inches (76 mm) high in a small patch of hairy glandular herbage. The flowers range from pinkish to purple. It blooms from February to May.
Range & habitat
Purple mat, Nama demissa, grows in the American desert southwest, such as the Mojave Desert, and parts of Mexico on dry sandy or gravelly flats from 2,000 to 5,500 ft (610 to 1,680 m) in creosote bush scrub.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 487050.