Eriogonum gracilipes
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Eriogonum gracilipes is a species of wild buckwheat
known by the common name White Mountains buckwheat. It is found in granite and sandstone gravels on the slopes of the southern Sierra Nevada and Inyo Mountains
of California
and the White Mountains
of California and Nevada
. This small perennial herb grows in flat mats up to 20 centimeters wide. Its leaves, each under two centimeters long, have a coat of dense white hairs and grow in packed clusters on the ground. The plant blooms in stalks holding rounded clusters of bright raspberry red flowers, each only a few millimeters wide.
Eriogonum
Eriogonum is the scientific name for a genus of flowering plants, in the family Polygonaceae. The genus is found in North America and is known as wild buckwheat. This is a highly species-rich genus, and indications are that active speciation is continuing...
known by the common name White Mountains buckwheat. It is found in granite and sandstone gravels on the slopes of the southern Sierra Nevada and Inyo Mountains
Inyo Mountains
The Inyo Mountains are a short mountain range east of the Sierra Nevada mountains in eastern California in the United States. The range separates the Owens Valley to the west with Saline Valley to the east, extending for approximately 70 mi SSE from the southern end of the White Mountains,...
of California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and the White Mountains
White Mountains (California)
The White Mountains of California are a triangular fault block mountain range facing the Sierra Nevada across the upper Owens Valley. They extend for approximately as a greatly elevated plateau about wide on the south, narrowing to a point at the north, with elevations generally increasing...
of California and Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
. This small perennial herb grows in flat mats up to 20 centimeters wide. Its leaves, each under two centimeters long, have a coat of dense white hairs and grow in packed clusters on the ground. The plant blooms in stalks holding rounded clusters of bright raspberry red flowers, each only a few millimeters wide.