''Eriogonum hookeri'' is a species of
wild buckwheat known by the common name Hooker's buckwheat. It is native to the
Intermountain West
The Intermountain West, or Intermountain Region, is a geographic and geological region of the Western United States. It is located between the Rocky Mountain Front on the east and the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada on the west.
Topography
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of the United States, where it grows in plateau and desert habitat.
Description
It is an annual herb producing an erect stem surrounded at the base with a small patch of round, woolly leaves. The branched flowering stem is hairless and waxy in texture. It spreads into an
inflorescence
In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...
lined with many small dangling clusters of yellow to reddish flowers, each individual flower just a few millimeters wide.
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Eriogonum hookeri''''Eriogonum hookeri'' - Photo gallery
hookeri
Flora of the Northwestern United States
Flora of the Southwestern United States
Flora of the California desert regions
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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