Nama rothrockii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Namaceae
Genus:	Nama
Species:	N. rothrockii
Binomial name
Nama rothrockii A.Gray

Nama rothrockii is a species of flowering plant in the family Namaceae known by the common name Rothrock's fiddleleaf. It is native to the mountains and plateaus of eastern California, such as the southern Sierra Nevada, and western Nevada and Arizona, where it grows in several types of local habitat.

Description

Nama rothrockii is a rhizomatous perennial herb with erect and spreading stems up to about 30 centimeters long. It grows in colonies of clumpy individual plants. It is hairy to bristly, glandular, and sticky in texture. The lance-shaped to narrowly oval green leaves are 2 to 6 centimeters long and lined with regular teeth.

The inflorescence is a somewhat spherical head of flowers with densely hairy sepals. Each funnel-shaped flower is about 1.5 centimeters long and a centimeter wide at the face. The flowers are pink, light to deep purple, or pale blue in color.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment - Nama rothrockii
• Nama rothrockii - Photo gallery

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