Fraziers Well Buckwheat (Eriogonum ripleyi)
Description
A tuft- or mound-forming perennial herb. Stems are 5-15 cm long. Flower petals are white with a red stripe.On calcareous ridgetops or chalky carbonate Verde formations at 1,045 m; among pinyons at 1,830 m. Creosote bush community of the Sonoran Desertscrub, and Pinyon-Juniper Woodland of the Great Basin Conifer Woodland (Arizona Game and Fish Department 1997).
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Polygonaceae
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Genus: Eriogonum
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