Eriogonum jamesii
| Eriogonum jamesii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Eriogonum |
| Species: | E. jamesii |
| Binomial name | |
| Eriogonum jamesii Benth. |
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Eriogonum jamesii is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name James' buckwheat and Antelope sage. It is native to southwestern North America, in: Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Nebraska.
Eriogonum jamesii has been used as oral contraceptive by Navajo indians.
[edit] In popular culture
It may also be called a Colita, such as in one of The Eagles' most famous songs, "Hotel California", in the opening lines, depicted as an aroma while travelling a highway heading into California.
Alternatively, syndicated columnist Cecil Adams reports a different story:
This E-mail just in from Eagles management honcho Irving Azoff: "In response to your [recent] memo, in 1976, during the writing of the song 'Hotel California' by Messrs, Henley, and Frey, the word `colitas' was translated for them by their Mexican-American road manager as 'little buds.' You have obviously already done the necessary extrapolation. Thank you for your inquiry."[1]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- USDA Plants Profile
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System at the National Museum of Natural History
- image at the National Biological Information Infrastructure image gallery
- description at the University of Maryland, College Park PlantSystematics.org
- images from Four Corners Wildflowers
- Flora of North America Profile
- Plants for a Future entry
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