''Eriogonum angulosum'' is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name anglestem buckwheat. The plant is endemic to central and Southern California, where it is common to abundant in many types of habitat, from

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 oak woodlands to sagebrush and the Mojave Desert sands.

Description

''Eriogonum angulosum'' is an annual herb producing a spreading to erect stem up to tall. The leaves are located about the base of the plant and on the lower stem. They are lance-shaped and usually quite woolly in texture. Most of the stem is made up of the inflorescence, an angled, grooved cyme with bell-shaped clusters of flowers at the tips of the branches. The individual flowers are only about a millimeter long and are white to pink-tinged in color with protruding

stamen The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...

External links

Calflora Database: ''Eriogonum angulosum'' (Angled stem buckwheat) Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Eriogonum angulosum''U.C. Photos gallery of ''Eriogonum angulosum'' images
angulosum Endemic flora of California Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Flora of the California desert regions Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Natural history of the Central Valley (California) Natural history of the Mojave Desert Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains Natural history of the Transverse Ranges Taxa named by George Bentham Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Polygonaceae-stub