Tiquilia palmeri
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Tiquilia palmeri is a species of flowering plant in the borage family
known by the common name Palmer's crinklemat. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in sandy desert areas. It is a woody perennial herb producing a white-barked, shaggy-haired stem. The clustered leaves have small, hairy, wrinkled blades rarely more than a centimeter long which are borne on longer petioles
. The inflorescence
is a cluster of flowers borne in the leaf axils. Each flower has a bell-shaped purple, lavender, or bluish corolla up to a centimeter long with a short, tubular throat.
This is the main host plant for the rare Coachella Valley grasshopper
(Spaniacris deserticola).
Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, include a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2,000 species in 146 genera found worldwide.A number of familiar plants belong to this family....
known by the common name Palmer's crinklemat. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in sandy desert areas. It is a woody perennial herb producing a white-barked, shaggy-haired stem. The clustered leaves have small, hairy, wrinkled blades rarely more than a centimeter long which are borne on longer petioles
Petiole (botany)
In botany, the petiole is the stalk attaching the leaf blade to the stem. The petiole usually has the same internal structure as the stem. Outgrowths appearing on each side of the petiole are called stipules. Leaves lacking a petiole are called sessile, or clasping when they partly surround the...
. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
is a cluster of flowers borne in the leaf axils. Each flower has a bell-shaped purple, lavender, or bluish corolla up to a centimeter long with a short, tubular throat.
This is the main host plant for the rare Coachella Valley grasshopper
Spaniacris deserticola
Spaniacris deserticola is a species of insect in family Acrididae known by the common name Coachella Valley grasshopper. It is known from a few locations in the deserts of southern California and just across the border in Sonora, Mexico.-References:...
(Spaniacris deserticola).