Tiquilia plicata

Coldenia plicata Tiquilia plicata, the fanleaf crinklemat[1] or fan-leaved tiquilia, is a perennial, subshrub-like plant of lower elevation deserts in the family Boraginaceae, the borages and forget-me-nots.

It is found in the southwestern United States and northwestern 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.

This Boraginaceae article is a stub.