Fivetooth Spineflower

Description

Chorizanthe watsonii-is a species of flowering plant in the-buckwheat family-known by the common name-fivetooth spineflower. It is native to the western United States from-Washington-to the-Mojave Desert. It grows in many types of plant communities from desert scrub to woodland and-sagebrush. This small plant grows a woolly erect stem up to about 15 centimeters tall. The-inflorescence-is a cluster of flowers surrounded by five hairy greenish-bracts-tipped with hooked awns. The flower is about 2 millimeters wide and yellow in color.