Eriogonum vimineum
Encyclopedia
Eriogonum vimineum is a species of wild buckwheat
known by the common name wickerstem buckwheat. It is native to the Northwestern United States
, California
, and Nevada
where it is common to abundant in many types of habitat, including the Sierra Nevada.
is a wide open array of branches lined with clusters of pink to yellowish or white flowers striped with darker midribs.
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 wickerstem buckwheat. It is native to the Northwestern United States
Northwestern United States
The Northwestern United States comprise the northwestern states up to the western Great Plains regions of the United States, and consistently include the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, to which part of southeast Alaska is also sometimes included...
, 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 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...
where it is common to abundant in many types of habitat, including the Sierra Nevada.
Description
Eriogonum vimineum is a slender annual herb producing flowering stems up to about 30 centimeters tall surrounded at the bases by rosettes of rounded to oval leaves. The inflorescenceInflorescence
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 wide open array of branches lined with clusters of pink to yellowish or white flowers striped with darker midribs.