''Eriogonum gracillimum'' is a species of
wild buckwheat known by the common name rose and white buckwheat. It is
endemic
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to
California
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but is common and widespread in many areas there. This is a spindly annual herb reaching anywhere from 5 to 50 centimeters in height. Most of the leaves are basal with a few scattered on the thin branched stem and are generally one to four centimeters long and somewhat woolly, with edges rolled under. Along the thread-thin branches of the stem appear small clusters of flowers which hang on short stalks in bell-shaped
involucres. The two-millimeter-wide flowers are bright rose and white in color.
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
Flora of California
gracillimum
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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