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Nemastylis tenuis
Southwestern pleatleaf is a small bulbous wildflower from the iris family, native to grasslands and open oak and juniper woodlands in the southwestern USA and Mexico. It is a hardy wild species rather than a common garden plant, and it grows best in open, moist-in-season conditions.
Nemastylis tenuis, the southwestern pleatleaf, is a member of the family Iridaceae.
In the USA, Nemastylis tenuis occurs in grasslands and open oak and juniper woodlands at 1600-1900m in elevation (5300-6200 ft). In central Mexico, at elevations of 1500-3050m (~4900-10,000 ft.), it inhabits grassands and clearings adjacent to oak, oak-pine, and pine forests, as well as in subtropical scrublands, and may be associated with swampy areas.
Fallflowering pleatleaf · Prairie pleatleaf · Nuttall's pleatleaf · Pleatleaf
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nemastylis tenuis 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.
