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Namaceae

14 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Boraginales › Namaceae

Eriodictyon angustifolium Nutt.

Eriodictyon angustifolium is a Baja California plant whose extracts and tea are associated with preventing human hair graying.

Eriodictyon californicum (Hook. & Arn.) Greene

Eriodictyon californicum is a fire-adapted evergreen shrub native to western North America with traditional medicinal uses and useful taste-modifying compounds.

Eriodictyon crassifolium Benth.

Eriodictyon crassifolium is a native shrub of California and Baja California with traditional uses by the Chumash people.

Eriodictyon sessilifolium Greene

Eriodictyon sessilifolium is a perennial lilac-purple flowered shrub native to northwestern Baja California with one known population in southern California.

Eriodictyon tomentosum Benth.

Eriodictyon tomentosum is a silvery-haired shrub endemic to California Coast Ranges grassland and chaparral.

Eriodictyon trichocalyx A.Heller

Eriodictyon trichocalyx is a shrub native to Southern California and Baja California, traditionally used for medicinal purposes by Indigenous groups.

Nama demissa A.Gray

Nama demissa (purple mat) is a low-growing flowering plant that blooms February–May in southwestern US and northern Mexico deserts.

Nama lobbii A.Gray

Nama lobbii A.Gray is a mat-forming rhizomatous perennial herb recommended as groundcover for native mountain range revegetation.

Turricula parryi (A.Gray) J.F.Macbr.

Turricula parryi, common name poodle-dog bush, is a perennial shrub endemic to southern California and Baja California that colonizes recently disturbed burn areas.