- Eriogonum trichopes
Taxobox
name = "Eriogonum trichopes"
image_width = 260px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Caryophyllales
familia =Polygonaceae
genus = "Eriogonum "
species = "E. trichopes"
binomial = "Eriogonum trichopes"
binomial_authority = Torr."Eriogonum trichopes" is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name little desert trumpet. It is native to the mountain slopes and deserts of the southwestern United States from
California toNew Mexico , and its range extends into Mexico. This is an annual herb quite variable in height, growing to a spindly 10 centimeters or a sprawling, brambly 1.5 meters. Its leaves form a basal patch on the ground, each rounded with ruffled margins and covered in woolly or stiff hairs. The erectinflorescence is naked and sometimes hairy, with many slender branches that flower year-round. Flower clusters hang on short, thready stalks. Each minuscule flower is glandular or hairy and is bright yellow when new, darkening over time to a reddish color.External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5936,5994,6181 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERTR8 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250060531 Flora of North America Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Eriogonum+trichopes Photo gallery]
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