Eriogonum latifolium
Encyclopedia
Eriogonum latifolium is a species of wild buckwheat
known by the common names seaside buckwheat and coast buckwheat. This plant is native to the coastline of the western United States from Washington to central California
, where it is a common resident of coastal bluffs and scrub
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At the end of each branch is a cluster of pinkish flowers.
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 names seaside buckwheat and coast buckwheat. This plant is native to the coastline of the western United States from Washington to central California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, where it is a common resident of coastal bluffs and scrub
Coastal sage scrub
Coastal sage scrub is a low scrubland plant community found in the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion of coastal California and northern Baja California. It is characterized by low-growing aromatic, and drought-deciduous shrubs adapted to the semi-arid Mediterranean climate of the...
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Description
This is a perennial herb which is quite variable in size, its height dependent in part on its degree of exposure to the stiff maritime winds of its habitat. It may be quite small or sprawl to a maximum height of 70 centimeters. Its pale white-green leaves are oval, woolly, and sometimes waxy, and are mostly basal but extend a ways up the erect stem if there is one.At the end of each branch is a cluster of pinkish flowers.