''Nemacladus calcaratus'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the
bellflower family known by the common name Chimney Creek nemacladus. It is
endemic to
Tulare County, California, where it is known only from Chimney Creek in the southern
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
east of
Lake Isabella. It occurs in woodland habitat on sandy
granitic substrate. It was first collected in 1986 and described to science as a new species in 2008.
[Morin, N. R. (2008)]
Nomenclatural changes in ''Nemacladus'' (Campanulaceae).
''J Bot Res Inst Texas'' 2:1 397-400.
This is a petite annual herb with an angular, slightly hairy, sometimes red-tinged stem just a few centimeters long. The lance-shaped leaves are just a few millimeters long, green to red in color, and densely hairy. The
inflorescence bears flowers on short, threadlike
pedicels
In botany, a pedicel is a stem that attaches a single flower to the inflorescence. Such inflorescences are described as ''pedicellate''.
Description
Pedicel refers to a structure connecting a single flower to its inflorescence. In the absenc ...
about a centimeter long. The tiny flower has five pointed lobes each 1 or 2 millimeters long, the two lowest fused to form a spur. The flower is white with dark red stripes in the throat.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentThe Nature Conservancy
Campanulaceae
Endemic flora of California
Natural history of Tulare County, California
Plants described in 2008
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