Kingdom Plantae Family Polygonaceae Scientific name Eriogonum thurberi Rank Species | Order Caryophyllales Genus Eriogonum Higher classification Eriogonum | |
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Eriogonum thomasii is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Thurber's buckwheat. It is native to the desert southwest of North America in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Northwest Mexico where it is common to abundant in many areas.
Description
It is a thin annual herb growing up to 40 centimeters tall, with a basal rosette of rounded to oval leaves around the stem.
The inflorescence is an open array of stem branches bearing clusters of tiny white to pink flowers.
References
Eriogonum thurberi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA