SPREADING BUCKWHEAT
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Eriogonum effusum Nutt. var. rosmarindes Benth.
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| Gove County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 12-30 inches |
| Family: Polygonaceae - Buckwheat Family |
| Flowering Period: August, September |
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| Stems: | | Erect from woody or semi-woody base, shrubby, white-woolly; bark exfoliating. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple, overlapping, linear to narrowly oblong, less than 4/5 inch long, entire, edges often rolled back toward lower side, sparingly woolly above, gray-woolly below, base narrowed to stalk. | | Inflorescences: | | Cyme-like, compound 5-7 times, branches nearly erect, somewhat flat-topped; bracts scale-like; flowering stems up to 2 inches long, leafy for about half their length, glabrous or woolly-hairy. | | Flowers: | | Involucres sessile or short-stalked, top-shaped, about 1/10 inch long, glabrous or woolly, teeth rounded or pointed; perianths white or pinkish, glabrous outside; perianth members 6, united basally for about 1/3 of length, petal-like, in 2 series, outer 3 members wider than inner 3 members; stamens 9. | | Fruits: | | Achene, 3-angled, glabrous, 1-seeded. | | Habitat: | | Chalk-flat, mixed-grass prairies; dry soils. | | Distribution: | | Only in the central portion of the west 1/3 of Kansas. | | Comments: | | A variable species endemic to a few western Kansas counties. |
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