Nama hispidum
Nama hispidum is an annual flowering plant. Common names include sand bells, rough nama, and bristly nama.
Sand bells grow in the American desert southwest.
Description
Nama hispidum is an annual herb growing 5-30 centimeters tall. Stems are erect to ascending and may further spread with age. The leaves are alternate, slightly broader at the tip and can be 1-7 centimeters long. Leaf bases narrow into a winged petiole, but upper leaves are smaller and sessile. All herbage is pubescent.Flowers are bright purple, lavender, or pink, and arranged in small clusters at branch tips or they are solitary in leaf axils. Calyces have 5 lobes and are divided nearly to the base. Corollas have a funnel to bell shape, 5 lobes and are roughly 8-15 millimeters long and nearly as wide at the top. Fruits are capsules with many tiny seeds.