- Eriogonum incanum
Taxobox
name = "Eriogonum incanum"
image_width = 260px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Caryophyllales
familia =Polygonaceae
genus = "Eriogonum "
species = "E. incanum"
binomial = "Eriogonum incanum"
binomial_authority = Torr. & Gray"Eriogonum incanum" is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name frosted buckwheat. It is native to the Sierra Nevada of
California and parts of westernNevada . [ [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250060336 Flora of North America Profile] ] It is also known fromOregon . [ [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5936,5994,6081 Jepson Manual Treatment] ] This is a dioecious perennial herb which forms mats up to 20 centimeters tall and 30 wide, sometimes quite a bit smaller. It has clusters of woolly, petioled leaves one to two centimeters long which form a gray-green or yellowish layer on the sandy soil or among rocks. The plant bears dense, rounded clusters of flowers, sometimes on erect stalks, which are yellow, red, or both. Male plants produce staminate flowers 2 or 3 millimeters wide and female plants produce slightly larger pistillate flowers.References
External links
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERIN9 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Eriogonum+incanum Photo gallery]
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