| Eriogonum thurberi | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Eriogonum |
| Species: | E. thurberi
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| Binomial name | |
| Eriogonum thurberi | |
Eriogonum thomasii is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Thurber's buckwheat. It is native to the desert southwest of North America in Arizona, California, New Mexico and three desert states of Mexico, [1] where it is common to abundant in many areas.
Description
It is a thin annual herb growing up to 40 centimeters tall, with a basal rosette of rounded to oval leaves around the stem.
The inflorescence is an open array of stem branches bearing clusters of tiny white to pink flowers.
References
- ^ "Eriogonum thurberi". Catalog of Life. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
External links
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Categories:
- Eriogonum
- Flora of California
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of Baja California Sur
- Flora of Sonora
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Plants described in 1859
- Polygonaceae stubs