Eriogonum Brachyanthum, Short-Flower Wild Buckwheat
Plants > Wildflowers > Polygonaceae > Eriogonum Brachyanthum
Common name:
Short-flower wild buckwheat
Family:
Scientific name:
Eriogonum brachyanthum
Main flower color:
Range:
East California, Nevada, southwest Utah and northwest Arizona
Height:
Up to 12 inches
Habitat:
Sandy or gravelly places - woodland, sagebrush, washes, deserts; from 2,000 to 7,500 feet
Leaves:
Ovate to round, up to 0.8 inches long, white tomentose on both surfaces
Season:
April to November
Leaves of eriogonum brachyanthum, a Mojave Desert species, are only at the base, on stems of up to 1.4 inches, a little longer than the blades, which are (usually) densely tomentose on both sides; occasionally almost hairless. The hairless, green stems are freely branching, creating a spreading plant, widest at the top.
The sessile flowers are arranged in small clusters at intervals along the stem branches, subtended by tiny, yellowish bracts. Involucres are inverted cone-shaped, and hairless, with five small teeth at the top. The tepals are in two whorls; yellow or occasionally almost white. Tepals are oblong to obovate. Stamens are not exserted.
The sessile flowers are arranged in small clusters at intervals along the stem branches, subtended by tiny, yellowish bracts. Involucres are inverted cone-shaped, and hairless, with five small teeth at the top. The tepals are in two whorls; yellow or occasionally almost white. Tepals are oblong to obovate. Stamens are not exserted.
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