Biology:Eriogonum viridescens
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Short description: Species of wild buckwheat
| Eriogonum viridescens | |
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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. viridescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Eriogonum viridescens A.Heller
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Eriogonum bidentatum | |
Eriogonum viridescens is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name twotooth buckwheat. It is endemic to California , where it grows in the Central Coast Ranges through the Transverse Ranges and into the Mojave Desert, as well as in the Central Valley. It grows in a variety of habitat types, generally on clay and sandy soils.
Description
This is a slender annual herb producing flowering stems up to about 30 centimeters tall surrounded at the bases by woolly oval leaves. The inflorescence is a wide open array of branches lined with clusters of white or pink flowers. Each flower has lobes only about a millimeter long which are wider at the tips.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5389456 entry
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