Eriogonum ochrocephalum
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''Eriogonum ochrocephalum'' is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name whitewoolly buckwheat. It is native to the Great Basin of the United States, where it grows in local habitat such as
sagebrush Sagebrush is the common name of several woody and herbaceous species of plants in the genus '' Artemisia''. The best known sagebrush is the shrub '' Artemisia tridentata''. Sagebrushes are native to the North American west. Following is an al ...
. It is a perennial herb forming a thick clump or mat covered in clusters of woolly lance-shaped to oval leaves. The
inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...
s arise on erect scapes and bear many tiny yellow flowers in a rounded cluster.


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ochrocephalum Flora of Idaho Flora of Oregon Flora of California Flora of Nevada Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Polygonaceae-stub