Flat-top Buckwheat
California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
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Drawn from specimen observed at Bumble Bee, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA. 12 April 1992.
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FLOWERS: Masses
of white and pink flowers clustered into flat-topped inflorescences. Blooming
late spring and sometimes again in late summer and fall. A very attractive
plant.
RANGE: In Arizona, Upland Sonoran Desert and Inland Chaparral mostly
above 800 m elevation.
FRUIT: Small, single-seeded fruit are capsules with three angles in
cross-section.
LEAVES: Linear leaves are clustered together into fascicles.
SHRUB: Weakly woody plants are typically a meter
in height.
UNARMED.
Photo of Eriogonum fasciculatum blooms in the foothills of the Harquahala Mountains, La Paz, County, Arizona, USA. March 2005.