Nemacladus
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Nemacladus is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family
Campanulaceae
The family Campanulaceae , of the order Asterales, contains about 2000 species in 70 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky non-toxic sap...

 known generally as threadplants. There are approximately 13 species native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. These are annual herbs with very slender, sometimes threadlike, branching stems bearing small five-lobed flowers.

Species include:
  • Nemacladus calcaratus
    Nemacladus calcaratus
    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 east of Lake Isabella. It occurs in woodland...

    - Chimney Creek threadplant
  • Nemacladus glanduliferus
    Nemacladus glanduliferus
    Nemacladus glanduliferus is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name glandular threadplant. It is native to the southwestern United States and Baja California, where it grows in desert and plateau habitat. It is an annual herb producing a purplish or brownish...

    - glandular threadplant
  • Nemacladus gracilis
    Nemacladus gracilis
    Nemacladus gracilis is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name slender threadplant. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the Transverse Ranges and adjacent mountains, desert, and valley territory. It can be found in rocky and sandy...

    - slender threadplant
  • Nemacladus interior
    Nemacladus interior
    Nemacladus interior is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name Sierra threadplant. It is native to the Sierra Nevada of California, and it is known from Oregon as well. It grows in mountain forest habitat. It is an annual herb producing a stiff upright...

    - Sierra threadplant
  • Nemacladus ramosissimus
    Nemacladus ramosissimus
    Nemacladus ramosissimus is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name smallflower threadplant. It is native to the mountains and deserts of the southern half of California and adjacent parts of Baja California. It is a small annual herb producing a thread-thin...

    - smallflower threadplant
  • Nemacladus rigidus
    Nemacladus rigidus
    Nemacladus rigidus is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common name stoutstem threadplant. It is native to the Great Basin in the United States, where it grows in open areas, often on bare soil. It is a small annual herb producing a thin, spreading purplish stem no...

    - stoutstem threadplant
  • Nemacladus sigmoideus
    Nemacladus sigmoideus
    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...

    - sigmoid threadplant
  • Nemacladus twisselmannii
    Nemacladus twisselmannii
    Nemacladus twisselmannii is a rare species of flowering plant in the bellflower family known by the common names Twisselmann's threadplant and Twisselmann's nemacladus. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from two locations in the Sierra Nevada...

    - Twisselmann's threadplant

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