Glandular Threadplant (Nemacladus glanduliferus)
Description
Nemacladus glanduliferus-is a species of flowering plant in the-bellflower family-known by the common name-glandular threadplant. It is native to the southwestern United States and-Baja California, where it grows in desert and plateau habitat. It is an annual herb producing a purplish or brownish green, branching stem up to about 25 centimeters tall. Small oval leaves occur at the base of the plant. The-inflorescence-is a series of zigzagging branches bearing occasional flowers on thin, erect-pedicels. There is a single small-bract-at the base of each pedicel. The flower at the curved tip of the pedicel is just a few millimeters wide. There are five pointed-sepals-and five white corolla lobes, generally three in the upper lip and two in the lower.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Asterales
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Family: Campanulaceae
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Genus: Nemacladus
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