Biology:Eriogonum tripodum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Eriogonum |
| Species: | E. tripodum
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| Eriogonum tripodum Greene
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Eriogonum tripodum is a rare species of wild buckwheat known by the common name tripod duckwheat. It is endemic to California , where it is known from the Sierra Nevada foothills and northern sections of the Coast Ranges.
Description
Eriogonum tripodum is generally part of the serpentine soils flora. This is a spreading subshrub growing up to about half a meter tall and wide with mostly hairless flowering stems arising from a caudex. The base of the plant is covered in clusters of widely lance-shaped leaves which are woolly in texture, especially on the undersides.
The inflorescence atop the stem is a head or umbel of bright yellow flowers, each of which is hairy and connected to the cluster by a very narrow base like a stalk.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5389452 entry
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