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Nama demissa
Also called Leafy Nama, Purple Mat
Purplemat (Nama demissa) is a small, hairy annual wildflower of the Nama family that forms low mats up to about 3 inches tall with pinkish to purple flowers. It is grown mainly as a native wildflower in dry, sunny, well-drained gardens.
Nama demissa is an annual flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is known by the common name purplemat, or purple mat.
Purple mat, Nama demissa, grows in the American desert southwest, such as the Mojave Desert, and parts of Mexico on dry sandy or gravelly flats from 2,000 to 5,500 ft (610 to 1,680 m) in creosote bush scrub.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nama demissa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
