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| 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 |
