WOOLLYCUP BUCKWHEAT
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Eriogonum lachnogynum Torr. ex Benth.
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Morton County, Kansas |
Perennial |
Height: 4-8 inches |
Family: Polygonaceae - Buckwheat Family |
Flowering Period: June, July, August, September,October |
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Stems: | | Flowering stem erect, slender, solid, gray-woolly; smaller stems unbranched, larger stems 1- or 2-branched | Leaves: | | Basal, tufted or mat-forming, blades narrowly elliptic, lanceolate or oblanceolate, .4 to 2 inches long, 1/8 to 1/5 inch wide, surfaces densely white-woolly, margins sometimes rolled under, stalks to 1 inch long. | Inflorescences: | | Head-like cluster, terminal. | Flowers: | | Involucres bell-shaped, 1/8 to 1/5 inch long, woolly outside, sessile and stalked; perianth yellow, densely pubescent outside; perianth segments 6, alike, lanceolate, united below; stamens 9, extending beyond perianth. | Fruits: | | Achene, 1/8 to 1/6 inch long, densely woolly, 1-seeded. | Habitat: | | Rocky slopes, shale mesas, and clay banks; dry soils. | Distribution: | | Southwest 1/8 of Kansas. | Uses: | | The Navajo used the crushed roots in treatment of diarrhea. |
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Woollycup buckwheat flowers | ![](thumbnails/woollycup2.jpg) | 38 KB | Morton County, Kansas |
| Woollycup buckwheat | ![](thumbnails/woollycup3.jpg) | 36 KB | Morton County, Kansas |
| Woollycup buckwheat | ![](thumbnails/woollycup4.jpg) | 138 KB | Morton County, Kansas |
| Woollycup buckwheat | ![](thumbnails/woollycup5.jpg) | 61 KB | Morton County, Kansas |
| Woollycup buckwheat | ![](thumbnails/woollycup6.jpg) | 111 KB | Morton County, Kansas |
| Woollycup buckwheat leaves | ![](thumbnails/woollycupleaves.jpg) | 136 KB | Morton County, Kansas |
| Woollycup buckwheat | ![](thumbnails/woollycup9.jpg) | 146 KB | Morton County, Kansas |
| Woollycup buckwheat inflorescence | ![](thumbnails/woollycup10.jpg) | 33 KB | Morton County, Kansas |
| Woollycup buckwheat flowers | ![](thumbnails/woollycup16.jpg) | 65 KB | Cimarron National Grassland, Morton County, Kansas |
| Woollycup buckwheat habit | ![](thumbnails/woollycup17.jpg) | 148 KB | Cimarron National Grassland, Morton County, Kansas |
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