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| Scientific Name | Eriogonum jamesii var. undulatum | USDA PLANTS Symbol | ERJAU |
| Common Name | James' Buckwheat | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 195503 |
| Family | Polygonaceae (Buckwheat) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description |
Habitat: Sandy to gravelly or rocky, often limestone flats and slopes in grasslands, brushlands and woodlands, including dry talus slopes in the Chisos Mountains; 5200 to 9500 ft. Plant: Spreading subshrub up to 10 inches high and 20 to 40 inches across; branching, hairy stems. Leaves: Oblong or elliptic to oval blades, 3/8 to 1 inch long and 1/8 to 1/3-inch wide; basal leaves on petioles as long or longer than leaf blades; smaller sessile leaves (or bracts) in a whorl just below the inflorescence; all covered with fine hairs, especially dense on the underside; leaf margins are undulate and crisped. Inflorescence: Clusters of tiny greenish-white to cream flowers (becoming pinkish-orange in fruit) in compound umbels atop hairy stalks; each flower with 6 hairy tepals and less than 1/4-inch across; protruding styles and stamens. Bloom Period: July to October. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, American Southwest and Flora of North America. |
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Texas Status: Native |
| 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 |
