Combleaf Threadplant

Description

Nemacladus ramosissimus-is a species of flowering plant in the-bellflower family-known by the common name-smallflower threadplant. It is native to the mountains and deserts of the southern half of-California-and adjacent parts of-Baja California. It is a small annual herb producing a thread-thin erect brown or purplish stem up to about 32 centimeters tall. Lobed oval leaves under 2 centimeters long occur at the base of the plant. The-inflorescence-is a series of branches bearing occasional flowers on thin, curving-pedicels. There is a single small-bract-at the base of each pedicel. The flower is no more than 2 millimeters long with five white lobes fused along the lower half.