Flat-top Buckwheat
California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
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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 800m elevation.
FRUIT: Small, single-seeded fruit are capsules with three angles in
cross section.
LEAVES: Linear leaves are clustered together on stems.
SHRUB: Weakly woody plants are typically a meter in height.
UNARMED.
Photo of Eriogonum fasciculatum in the desert at the west end of Cheyenne Ave, Las Vegas, Nevada (Lone Mountain area), taken April 2005. Image by Stan Stebs and hosted at Wikipedia.