Sigmoid Threadplant (Nemacladus sigmoideus)
Description
Nemacladus sigmoideus-is a species of flowering plant in the-bellflower family-known by the common name-sigmoid threadplant. It is native to the mountains and deserts around the intersection of-California,-Nevada,-Arizona, and-Baja California. It is a small annual herb producing a thin, spreading purplish or brown stem no more than 12 centimeters long. Hairy, sometimes toothed oval leaves up to a centimeter long occur at the base of the plant. The-inflorescence-is a series of zigzagging branches bearing flowers on thin-pedicels-which are-sigmoid-in shape. There is a single tiny-bract-at the base of each pedicel. The hairy flower is under 4 millimeters long. It has five yellow-tipped white lobes.
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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