Sigmoid Threadplant

Description

Nemacladus sigmoideus-is a species of flowering plant in the-bellflower family-known by the common name-sigmoid threadplant. It is native to the mountains and deserts around the intersection of-California,-Nevada,-Arizona, and-Baja California. It is a small annual herb producing a thin, spreading purplish or brown stem no more than 12 centimeters long. Hairy, sometimes toothed oval leaves up to a centimeter long occur at the base of the plant. The-inflorescence-is a series of zigzagging branches bearing flowers on thin-pedicels-which are-sigmoid-in shape. There is a single tiny-bract-at the base of each pedicel. The hairy flower is under 4 millimeters long. It has five yellow-tipped white lobes.