Plant Name
Scientific Name: Eriogonum polycladon
Synonyms: Eriogonum densum, E. vimineum var. densum
Common Name: Sorrel Buckwheat
Plant Characteristics
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Herb/Forb
Arizona Native Status: Native
Habitat: Desert, Upland, Mountain (lower elevations). It grows in and on sandy and gravelly washes, flats, and slopes.
Flower Color: White, Dark to pale pink
Flowering Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Height: To 1 foot (30 cm) tall or more
Description: The flowers are clustered along the tips of the erect, woolly, branched flowering stems. The individual flowers have 6 tepals and are tiny and glabrous (hairless). The flowers turn pink as they age. The leaves are mainly found along the lower stems and are green, elliptical to oblanceolate in shape, and covered with white, felt-like hair on both upper and lower surfaces.
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Polygonales
Family: Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus: Eriogonum Michx. – buckwheat
Species: Eriogonum polycladon Benth. – sorrel buckwheat
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