Eriogonum hookeri
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''Eriogonum hookeri'' is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Hooker's buckwheat. It is native to the Intermountain West of the United States, where it grows in plateau and desert habitat.


Description

It is an annual herb producing an erect stem surrounded at the base with a small patch of round, woolly leaves. The branched flowering stem is hairless and waxy in texture. It spreads into an
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 ...
lined with many small dangling clusters of yellow to reddish flowers, each individual flower just a few millimeters wide.


External links


Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Eriogonum hookeri''

''Eriogonum hookeri'' - Photo gallery
hookeri Flora of the Northwestern United States Flora of the Southwestern United States Flora of the California desert regions Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Polygonaceae-stub