Eriogonum ampullaceum
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Eriogonum ampullaceum is a species of wild buckwheat
known by the common name Mono buckwheat. It is native to an area of the western Great Basin
straddling the border between California
and Nevada
just east of the Sierra Nevada. It grows in sandy stretches of high desert and plateau. This is an annual herb producing a yellow-green or reddish spindly, branching inflorescence
up to 30 centimeters tall. The leaves are located about the base of the flowering stem. They are generally rounded, woolly in texture, and just a few centimeters wide. The white flowers are less than 2 millimeters wide and appear in clusters.
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 Mono buckwheat. It is native to an area of the western Great Basin
Great Basin
The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic watersheds in North America and is noted for its arid conditions and Basin and Range topography that varies from the North American low point at Badwater Basin to the highest point of the contiguous United States, less than away at the...
straddling the border between 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...
just east of the Sierra Nevada. It grows in sandy stretches of high desert and plateau. This is an annual herb producing a yellow-green or reddish spindly, branching 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...
up to 30 centimeters tall. The leaves are located about the base of the flowering stem. They are generally rounded, woolly in texture, and just a few centimeters wide. The white flowers are less than 2 millimeters wide and appear in clusters.