Eriogonum palmerianum
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Eriogonum palmerianum is a species of wild buckwheat
known by the common name Palmer's buckwheat. It is native to the southwestern United States and Great Basin
region, where it grows in many types of desert and sagebrush
plateau habitat.
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The upper part of the stem spreads into an inflorescence
lined with clusters of small white, yellow, or pink 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 name Palmer's buckwheat. It is native to the southwestern United States and Great Basin
Great Basin
The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds in North America and is noted for its arid conditions and Basin and Range topography that varies from the North American low point at Badwater Basin to the highest point of the contiguous United States, less than away at the...
region, where it grows in many types of desert and sagebrush
Sagebrush
Sagebrush is a common name of a number of shrubby plant species in the genus Artemisia native to western North America;Or, the sagebrush steppe ecoregion, having one or more kinds of sagebrush, bunchgrasses and others;...
plateau habitat.
Description
This is an annual herb producing an erect stem up to 30 centimeters tall which is coated in woolly fibers. The leaves are located around the base of the stem and are borne on short petiolesPetiole (botany)
In botany, the petiole is the stalk attaching the leaf blade to the stem. The petiole usually has the same internal structure as the stem. Outgrowths appearing on each side of the petiole are called stipules. Leaves lacking a petiole are called sessile, or clasping when they partly surround the...
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The upper part of the stem spreads into an inflorescence
Inflorescence
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 clusters of small white, yellow, or pink flowers.