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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Crispleaf buckwheat is an evergreen, rounded, clump-forming plant that is covered with tiny, white or yellow clustered flowers during its blooming period. After flowering, the fruits and branches turn bright red and persist into winter.
Identification notes: Woody stems; branches of inflorescences ascending, not rigid or spiny; flowers open at the top of a rounded cluster first; leaves are oblong, usually more than 1/4 inch long and wide.
Height:
To 2 feet
Habitat Description: Semi-desert, shrublands, clearings in ponderosa pine forests.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 4500 - 8000 feet
Color:
Grayish-white to yellowish
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Jul - Oct
Description:
The whitish or yellowish flowers are tiny and numerous in rounded clusters to 3/4 inch wide, on many-stemmed branches. Flower
color changes as the flowers age, white flowers turn pink or red, yellow turn red to rust.
Leaf Color:
Light green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaves are to 1-3/4 inches long and 1-1/8 inches wide. Leave margins are occasionally small-scalloped.
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Fruits contain a single seed.
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