Texas Wildbuds
Eriogonum wrightii var. wrightii
(Shrubby Buckwheat)
Eriogonum wrightii var. wrightii, Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co. 5859
Eriogonum wrightii var. wrightii, Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co. 5869
Eriogonum wrightii var. wrightii, Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co. 6122
Eriogonum wrightii var. wrightii, Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co. 5879
Eriogonum wrightii var. wrightii, Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co. 6130
Eriogonum wrightii var. wrightii, Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co. 6132
Eriogonum wrightii var. wrightii, Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co. 5873
Eriogonum wrightii var. wrightii, Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co. 5884
| Scientific Name | Eriogonum wrightii var. wrightii | USDA PLANTS Symbol | ERWRW |
| Common Name | Shrubby Buckwheat, Wright's Bastardsage | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 195625 |
| Family | Polygonaceae (Buckwheat) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Dry, rocky soils in washes, canyons, slopes, brushlands, woodlands and flats; 3,000 to 7,000 ft. Plant: Perennial subshrub, with spreading to erect stems; up to 30 inches tall and 48 inches wide; stems with woolly or thin, cottony hairs, or smooth. Leaves: Clusters at base and along stems of small oblanceolate to broadly elliptic leaves, up to 0.6 inches long and 0.4 inches wide; surface usually woolly. Inflorescence: Clusters of a few short-stalked very small white to pink or rose flowers in racemes 2 to 12 inches long; each flower with 6 ruffled petal-like tepals that have a broad, brownish-reddish-pink stripe in the centers; stamens are protruding. Bloom Period: July to September. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, American Southwest, Flora of North America and SEINet |
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Texas Status: Native |
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