Crescent Buckwheat

(Eriogonum mensicola)

galery

Description

This is a perennial herb producing small clumps of erect stems up to about 40 centimeters. The woolly, oval leaves are located around the base of the stems. The inflorescence is a spreading array of branches lined with clusters of white to off-white to brownish flowers, each of which is no more than half a centimeter long.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Polygonaceae
Genus:Eriogonum
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