''Eriogonum apiculatum'' is a species of
wild buckwheat known by the common name San Jacinto buckwheat. It is
endemic to
California, where it is known from the
San Jacinto,
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa is the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish name for Saint Rose.
Santa Rosa may also refer to:
Places Argentina
*Santa Rosa, Mendoza, a city
* Santa Rosa, Tinogasta, Catamarca
* Santa Rosa, Valle Viejo, Catamarca
*Santa Rosa, La Pampa
* Sa ...
,
Palomar, and
Cuyamaca Mountains
The Cuyamaca Mountains ( Kumeyaay: ''‘Ekwiiyemak''), locally the Cuyamacas, are a mountain range of the Peninsular Ranges System, in San Diego County, southern California. The mountain range runs roughly northwest to southeast. The Laguna Mount ...
of
San Diego and western
Riverside Counties. Its habitat includes
chaparral
Chaparral ( ) is a shrubland plant community and geographical feature found primarily in the U.S. state of California, in southern Oregon, and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. It is shaped by a Mediterranean c ...
and wooded slopes on
granite sands. This is an annual herb producing a spreading to erect, glandular stem up to 90 centimeters tall. The oblong leaves appear at the base of the plant. They are hairy and glandular in texture. Most of the stem is made up of the
inflorescence, branching, spindly cyme with clusters of flowers at the tips of the branches. The individual flowers are under 3 millimeters wide and are white in color with reddish stripes.
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
apiculatum
Endemic flora of California
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Taxa named by Sereno Watson
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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