Eriogonum hookeri
Encyclopedia
Eriogonum hookeri is a species of wild buckwheat
known by the common name Hooker's buckwheat. It is native to the Intermountain West
of the United States, where it grows in plateau and desert habitat.
lined with many small dangling clusters of yellow to reddish flowers, each individual flower just a few millimeters wide.
Eriogonum
Eriogonum is the scientific name for a genus of flowering plants, in the family Polygonaceae. The genus is found in North America and is known as wild buckwheat. This is a highly species-rich genus, and indications are that active speciation is continuing...
known by the common name Hooker's buckwheat. It is native to the Intermountain West
Intermountain West
The Intermountain West is a region of North America lying between the Rocky Mountains to the east and the Cascades and Sierra Nevada to the west. It is also called the Intermountain Region.- Topography :...
of the United States, where it grows in plateau and desert habitat.
Description
It is an annual herb producing an erect stem surrounded at the base with a small patch of round, woolly leaves. The brached flowering stem is hairless and waxy in texture. It spreads into an inflorescenceInflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
lined with many small dangling clusters of yellow to reddish flowers, each individual flower just a few millimeters wide.