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Crescent Buckwheat (Eriogonum mensicola)

Description

This is a perennial herb producing small clumps of erect stems up to about 40 centimeters. The woolly, oval leaves are located around the base of the stems. The inflorescence is a spreading array of branches lined with clusters of white to off-white to brownish flowers, each of which is no more than half a centimeter long.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Polygonaceae

              • Genus: Eriogonum