Eriogonum strictum var. anserinum (ssp. proliferum var. anserinum)
Strict Buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)

Photo taken at Leavenworth Fish Hatchery, open woods on dry gravelly soil

Flowers:

primary branches of the inflorescence 4 or more, not leafy bractate; involucres tomentose; perianth 3 to 5 mm, yellow and becoming reddish with age, pubescent externally, outer segments of the perianth wider than the inner segments, perianth not stipe-like or attenuated at the base

Fruit:

Leaves:

all basal; blade 5 to 20 mm, ovate, woooly-greyish on both surfaces

Plant:

10 to 35 cm tall; growing in mats 10 to 40 cm in diameter

Habitat:

sagebrush desert to Ponderosa Pine forest

Distribution of species:

Chelan County, Washington to northeast California, southern Idaho, and Nevada

Distribution of genus:

more or less 200 species: North America