Chorizanthe watsonii
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Chorizanthe watsonii is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family
known by the common name fivetooth spineflower. It is native to the western United States from Washington to the Mojave Desert
. It grows in many types of plant communities from desert scrub to woodland and sagebrush
. This small plant grows a woolly erect stem up to about 15 centimeters tall. The inflorescence
is a cluster of flowers surrounded by five hairy greenish bract
s tipped with hooked awns. The flower is about 2 millimeters wide and yellow in color.
Polygonaceae
Polygonaceae is a family of flowering plants known informally as the "knotweed family" or "smartweed family"— "buckwheat family" in the United States. The name is based on the genus Polygonum and was first used by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789 in his book, Genera Plantarum. The name refers...
known by the common name fivetooth spineflower. It is native to the western United States from Washington to the Mojave Desert
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States...
. It grows in many types of plant communities from desert scrub to woodland and sagebrush
Sagebrush
Sagebrush is a common name of a number of shrubby plant species in the genus Artemisia native to western North America;Or, the sagebrush steppe ecoregion, having one or more kinds of sagebrush, bunchgrasses and others;...
. This small plant grows a woolly erect stem up to about 15 centimeters tall. The inflorescence
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. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
is a cluster of flowers surrounded by five hairy greenish bract
Bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis, or cone scale. Bracts are often different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of a different color, shape, or texture...
s tipped with hooked awns. The flower is about 2 millimeters wide and yellow in color.