About Nama aretioides (Hook. & Arn.) Brand
Nama aretioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Namaceae, commonly known as ground nama. It is native to the western United States, across much of the Great Basin and Pacific Northwest. It grows in a variety of dry and sandy habitat types, including sagebrush. It is a densely hairy annual plant that forms a small low patch on the ground, with prostrate stems reaching no more than 12 centimeters long. Its small leaves are sickle-shaped and coated in coarse hairs. Its inflorescence is a cluster of many flowers that range in color from white, through pale to dark pink, to purplish. Each flower is tubular, opening into a flat face with five partially fused, rounded lobes. It produces a fruit that is a capsule only a few millimeters in length.
