''Eriogonum reniforme'' is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name kidney-leaf buckwheat. It is native to the desert southwest of the United States in

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, and its range may extend into Mexico.

Description

This is an annual herb ranging in maximum height from 5 to 40 centimeters. Its leaves are located at its base and are rounded to spade-shaped, not always kidney-shaped, and are woolly and one or two centimeters long. The naked reddish

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

is dotted with whitish glands. It bears small clusters of flowers which are yellow at first and then become red. They have

tepal A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth). The term is used when these parts cannot easily be classified as either sepals or petals. This may be because the parts of the perianth are undifferentiated (i.e. of very ...

s of different shapes, with the inner ones somewhat elongated.

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Eriogonum reniforme''''Eriogonum reniforme'' - Photo gallery
reniforme Flora of Arizona Flora of Nevada Flora of the Sonoran Deserts Flora of the California desert regions Flora of Northwestern Mexico Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Polygonaceae-stub