Nama

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Cultivation

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Read about Nama in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Nama (Greek, a stream or spring, referring to habitat of the first- described species). Hydrophyllaceae. Low herbs or sub- shrubs, little known in planting. Annual and perennial, sometimes spiny: lvs. mostly alternate, entire, dentate or crenulate: fls. blue or white, solitary or in various clusters; corolla campanulate or nearly salverform to funnel-shaped or somewhat rotate, 5-lobed; stamens 5, inserted in base of corolla- tube, the filaments usually dilated or appendaged at base; styles 2, with small capitate stigmas: fr. a membranaceous ovoid or subglobose dehiscent caps. — Species 36, as defined by Brand in Das Pflanzenreich, hft. 59 (IV. 251 : 1913), mostly in W. N. Amer. and Mex., but also in W. Indies, S. Amer., and 1 in Hawaii. One species is offered as a garden plant in Calif. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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