Eriogonum douglasii |
Eriogonum rixfordii |
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Douglas's buckwheat |
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Habit | Low, matted subshrubs 5 to 15 cm. in height. | |
Leaves | Numerous, linear to linear-spatulate, 5 to 20 mm. long, gray- or white-woolly on both surfaces, especially the lower. |
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Flowers | Flowering stems 5-10 cm. long, with a whorl of bracts at mid-length, and generally a single, terminal cup-shaped involucre of 6-10 oblong, white-wooly lobes about 3 mm. long. Flower buds blood-red, opening to cream-colored or slightly pinkish or yellowish tepals, 6-8 mm. long with a stipe-like base 1-2 mm. long |
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Eriogonum douglasii |
Eriogonum rixfordii |
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Identification notes | Separate from the similar Eriogonum thymoides by the involucre lobes; E. thymoides has erect lobes, E. douglasii, reflexed to spreading lobes. | |
Flowering time | May-July | |
Habitat | Sagebrush or juniper flats to ponderosa pine forests, often on lithosol. | |
Distribution | Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington, chiefly in the central region; Washington to California, east to Idaho and Nevada.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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