Tiehm's buckwheat

Tiehm's buckwheat
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Close up of Tiehm's buckwheat, a yellow flowering buckwheat.

Eriogonum tiehmii is a member of the Polygonaceae (buckwheat family). It is a low growing perennial herb forming a dense compact mat up to 10.8 inches (in; 30 centimeters (cm)) across and 6 in (16 cm) high. Leaves are only at the base of the plant, blueish gray in color, elliptic, and gray...

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Pacific Southwest