Knotweed Spineflower

Description

Chorizanthe polygonoides-is a species of flowering plant in the-buckwheat family-known by the common name-knotweed spineflower. It is native to-California-and-Baja California, where it grows widely scattered in many types of habitat. It is a petite plant taking a prostrate form with stems just a few centimeters long at maximum. It may be green to red in color and is hairy in texture. The leaves are no more than a centimeter long and the flower is under two millimeters wide. The minute flower is surrounded by three hairy point-tipped-bracts.