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Eriogonum davidsonii

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Eriogonum davidsonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Eriogonum
Species:
E. davidsonii
Binomial name
Eriogonum davidsonii

Eriogonum davidsonii is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Davidson's buckwheat. This plant is native to the southwestern United States and northern Baja California, where it grows in sandy or gravelly soils in a variety of habitats. It is a spindly annual herb growing up to 40 centimeters in height. The fuzzy leaves are located at the base of the plant and are one or two centimeters wide and round with wavy or wrinkly margins. It is variable in appearance, but is generally erect with thin, naked, neatly branching stems bearing clusters of tiny flowers at widely spaced nodes. Each flower is about 2 millimeters wide, bell-shaped, and usually pink.