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Wright's Buckwheat
Bastard-sage

Eriogonum wrightii

 
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SHRUB: A weakly woody shrub normally about ½ to 1 meter tall.

LEAVES: Grayish-green leaves are elyptic and 1 to 2 cm long. Fine pubescence on leaves, young stems and floral bracts. Plant is sometimes called Wooly Buckwheat.

RANGE: Common through much of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona especially on bajadas and rocky slopes from 500 to well over 1000 m elevation.

FRUIT: Small achenes partially enclosed by three bracts.

FLOWERS: Clusters of five-poined pinkish-white flowers are set in fuzed, cup-shaped bracts (enlarged view at right).

UNARMED.

Polygonaceae -- Buckwheat Family

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