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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial Similar Species: Eriogonum ericifolium
General Desc:
Spreading branches form mats, grayish or mostly reddish in appearance; stems slightly spreading or erect, leaves are often persistent (not deciduous), narrow, grayish-green; flowering stems spreading to erect; flowers white to dark pink in round clusters
Identification notes: Subshrub, spreading; stems branching in 2s, hairy, slightly spreading to erect; leaves narrow, hairy, persistent, margins can roll inward; flowers white to dark pink, in rounded clusters, subtended by 3 scale-like bracts; stamens slightly beyond petals.
Height:
To 6 inches
Habitat Description: Gravelly to rocky volcanic soil and outcrops. Scattered populations north of the Mogollon Rim and also found in northern Yavapai County.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 3200 - 6900 feet
Color:
White or dark pink
Shape:
Regular in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Aug - Nov
Description:
Flowers in flat-topped flower clusters, no petals, 2 types of sepals, outer sespals nearly circular, tips slightly notched, inner sepals lance-like, pointed at the base; stamens slightly protruding, filaments hairy near base.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Whorl
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stem leaves 1 per node or in bundles, short stemmed, very hairy; blade lance-like pointed at base to narrowly oval, densely white-densely hairy upper surface, woolly tufts of hair and greenish below, margins slightly turned under or merely thickened. Â
Fruit Color: Light brown
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Smooth except for small bump-like beak at top.
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