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Nama lobbii is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names Lobb's fiddleleaf and woolly nama. It is native to the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range chain in California and adjacent sections of Nevada and Oregon. It grows in high mountain habitat in dry areas on slopes and ridges. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb forming dense mats of hairy hairy to woolly herbage usually spreading more than a meter wide. The sticky, hairy oval leaves are up to six centimeters long, occurring alternately along the branching stems and in clusters at stem forks. The funnel-shaped flowers are just under a centimeter wide with five rounded lobes. They are deep pink to purple in color. The plant sends out wide root networks which can grow up to five meters in length per year and sprout new plants. The plant has been recommended for use as groundcover in revegetation projects in its native mountain ranges.
Perennial herb
6 - 19 in Tall
Pink, Purple
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Fast
1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 15, 16, 18
Dry, sandy or slopes and ridges
Red Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 1 likely