Eriogonum luteolum
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Eriogonum luteolum is a species of wild buckwheat
known by the common name goldencarpet buckwheat. It is native to many of the mountain ranges of California
and southern Oregon
, including the Sierra Nevada, Cascades
and California Coast Ranges. It grows in mountain and foothill habitat, such as forest and woodland, on granite
and sometimes serpentine soil
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and are mostly located around the base of the plant, but sometimes appear higher on the stem.
The branches of the flowering stem bear many small clusters of white to bright pink or yellow flowers, each just a few millimeters long.
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 goldencarpet buckwheat. It is native to many of the mountain ranges 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 southern Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
, including the Sierra Nevada, Cascades
Cascade Range
The Cascade Range is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as the North Cascades, and the notable volcanoes known as the High Cascades...
and California Coast Ranges. It grows in mountain and foothill habitat, such as forest and woodland, on granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
and sometimes serpentine soil
Serpentine soil
A serpentine soil is derived from ultramafic rocks, in particular serpentinite, a rock formed by the hydration and metamorphic transformation of ultramafic rock from the Earth's mantle....
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Description
This is an annual herb varying in size and form from erect to 60 centimeters tall to prostrate and spreading in a mat. The woolly leaves are rounded and petioledPetiole (botany)
In botany, the petiole is the stalk attaching the leaf blade to the stem. The petiole usually has the same internal structure as the stem. Outgrowths appearing on each side of the petiole are called stipules. Leaves lacking a petiole are called sessile, or clasping when they partly surround the...
and are mostly located around the base of the plant, but sometimes appear higher on the stem.
The branches of the flowering stem bear many small clusters of white to bright pink or yellow flowers, each just a few millimeters long.