Basic Information Common Name: Purplemat Scientific Name: Nama demissum Native Habitat: Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico (arid and semi-arid regions). History / Discovery / Cultivator Nama demissum, commonly known as Purplemat, is a low-growing annual plant belonging to the borage family (Boraginaceae). While the exact date and ci

Basic Information Common Name: Wigandia Scientific Name: Wigandia Native Habitat: Mexico and Central America History / Discovery / Cultivator The genus Wigandia is named in honor of Johann Wigand, a 16th-century Lutheran theologian and bishop of Pomesania. While Wigand himself wasn’t directly involved in botany, the practice of naming plants