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Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants

Eriogonum parishii - mountainmist

Other Common Names: Parish's wild buckwheat
Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub

Family: Polygonaceae


   
 
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Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native   Life Cycle: Annual
General Desc: Intricately branched clumps of spreading green stems; hairy, oval leaves around base of stems; spreading array of tiny flowers with darker red midribs; each individual flower under 1/16 inch wide with fuzzy texture.
Identification notes: Plants annuals, rarely perennial, diffused branching form tight mounds; flowering stems can be glandular; leaf blades basal, rounded to spatula-like, hairy, sometimes surrounding the lower stems; flowers hairy, white to pink or red, rarely yellow.
Height: Spreading 4 to 10 inches


Habitat

Habitat Description: Granite sandy flats and slopes, mixed grassland, chaparral, and sagebrush communities, oak and montane conifer woodlands.
Plant Communities: Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 4200 - 10500 feet


Flower Characteristics

Color: White to pink or red     Shape: Regular in round clusters     Tubular: N     Flowering Period: Jun - Oct
Description: Small flower clusters open from center outward, glandular above nodes; bracts whorled on thread-like, spreading stalks, less than 1/16 inch, hairless, not ribbed; outer part of flower less than 1/16 inch long, slightly hairy; no petals, colored sepals.


Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Green     Leaf Type: Simple     Leaf Shape: Round or oval     Leaf Margin: Smooth     Leaf Attachment: Basal     Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves and stems     Spines: N
Leaf Description: Basal leaves; stalk to 3/4 inch long, hairy, slightly winged; blade spatula-shape, simple, 3/4 to 2-1/2 inches long and 3/4 inch wide, hairy on both surfaces; margins smooth, often fringed with hairs.


Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Color: Brown to blackish   
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Triangular, 1/16 inch long, hairless.


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