Eriogonum thomasii
Eriogonum thomasii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Polygonaceae |
Genus: | Eriogonum |
Species: | E. thomasii
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Binomial name | |
Eriogonum thomasii |
Eriogonum thomasii is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Thomas' buckwheat. It is native to the desert southwest of the United States and northern Mexico where it is common in many areas, sometimes becoming a weed.
Description[]
It is a thin annual herb growing up to 30 centimeters tall, with a basal rosette of rounded leaves around the stem. The inflorescence is a wide open array of stem branches bearing clusters of tiny yellowish to pinkish flowers.
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Categories:
- Eriogonum
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of Utah
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Polygonaceae stubs