| Tiquilia canescens | |
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| Tiquilia canescens var canescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Tiquilia |
| Species: | T. canescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Tiquilia canescens (DC) A.T.Richardson
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| Synonyms | |
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Coldenia canescens | |
Tiquilia canescens, the woody crinklemat[1] or shrubby tiquilia, is a perennial, shrub in mid- to lower-elevation desert regions in the family Boraginaceae - Borage or the Forget-me-nots. It is found in the southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico, in the states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Chihuahua, Sonora, and Baja California. It is a short, low-growing plant, seldom over 15 in tall.
It has pinkish to white, 5-lobed tubular flowers; leaves are ovate, gray green, and fleshy, to 1/2 - 3/4 in long.
- ^ NRCS. "Tiquilia canescens". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 11 December 2015.