Common name:
Matted fiddleleaf
Family:
Scientific name:
Nama torynophyllum
Main flower color:
Range:
The Big Bend area of west Texas
Height:
A few inches - stems grow along the ground, forming low mats
Habitat:
Desert plats and slopes, streambanks
Leaves:
Alternate, hairy, broadly ovate, the margins partially rolled under
Season:
February to April
Nama torynophyllum is one of the rarest members of this genus, found only in scattered locations in three western Texas counties, Presidio, Brewster and Val Verde; Big Bend National Park is the most likely place to find it. Plants are small, low growing, with prostrate, mat-forming stems, bearing tiny leaves, at most 0.2 inches across; leaves are ovate, inversely cup-shaped in form, and sparsely to densely covered by short, spreading hairs. The reddish stems are similarly hair-covered.
Flowers are similar in size to the leaves; they have a pale yellow tubular corolla, and five spreading, rounded lobes, white to pale pink. The calyx is divided to the base into five linear lobes. Flowers are solitary or in pairs, at the leaf nodes. Stamens and styles are included.
Flowers are similar in size to the leaves; they have a pale yellow tubular corolla, and five spreading, rounded lobes, white to pale pink. The calyx is divided to the base into five linear lobes. Flowers are solitary or in pairs, at the leaf nodes. Stamens and styles are included.
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