| Tiquilia plicata | |
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| Fanleaf crinklemat, with leaves averaging 3/8 inches. |
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| Conservation status | |
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Secure (NatureServe) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | (unplaced) |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Tiquilia |
| Species: | T. plicata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tiquilia plicata (Torr.) A.T.Richardson |
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| Synonyms | |
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Coldenia plicata |
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Tiquilia plicata (Fanleaf crinklemat), is a perennial, subshrub-like plant of lower elevation deserts in the Boraginaceae family - Borage or the Forget-me-nots. It is found in the southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, in the states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Sonora, and Baja California. It is a short, low-growing plant, seldom over 12 in tall.
It has purple, lavender to bluish 5-lobed flowers; also small ovate leaves, crinkly with ridges, up to 1/2 in.