Wright's Buckwheat
Bastard-sage
Eriogonum wrightii
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.