Eriogonum pusillum

Taxobox
name = "Eriogonum pusillum"


image_width = 260px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Polygonaceae
genus = "Eriogonum"
species = "E. pusillum"
binomial = "Eriogonum pusillum"
binomial_authority = Torr. & Gray

"Eriogonum pusillum" is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name yellowturbans. It is native to the western United States where it grows in sandy soils in a number of habitats, especially in the Mojave Desert and Great Basin. This is a small annual herb reaching heights of anywhere from 5 to 30 centimeters. The woolly leaves are located at the base of the plant and are about a centimeter long and rounded. The spindly naked branches of the inflorescence rise and branch, producing cup-shaped flower clusters at each node along the branches. Each tiny, glandular flower is about three millimeters wide at its maximum and turns from bright yellow to orange-red to red. This is a food plant for the desert tortoise ("Gopherus agassizii").

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5936,5994,6156 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERPU6 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250060472 Flora of North America Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Eriogonum+pusillum Photo gallery]