Eriogonum nudum |
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bare-stem buckwheat, naked buckwheat |
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Habit | Perennial with a few sparingly-branched, green, leafless stems to 5 dm. tall. |
Leaves | All basal, the blades oblong to oval, dense gray-woolly beneath and green above with some soft, fine hairs, narrowed abruptly to a slender petiole 2-4 times as long as the blade. |
Flowers | Open, branched inflorescence with leafy bracts at the first and second points of branching; involucres usually in capitate clusters, tubular, with 5 erect, short teeth; flowers interspersed with numerous, filiform bracts that protrude form the involucres. Tepals white to pinkish or yellowish, 3-4 mm. long, divided nearly to the base into oblong segments. |
Eriogonum nudum |
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Identification notes | Separate from E. elatum by the leaves and flower clusters. E. elatum has large leaves somewhat triangular in shape and green on both surfaces, and it has only a few flowers in each cluster. |
Flowering time | June-August |
Habitat | Sandy or rocky places from the lowlands to subalpine. |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in southern Washington; southern Washington to California and Nevada.
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Origin | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern |
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