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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