PARSNIP-FLOWERED UMBRELLAPLANT

Class: Eriogonum heracleoides var. angustifolium

Family: BUCKWHEAT FAMILY

Sub Family: Polygonaceae

Year: Perennial

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Colour: White to pale yellow or pinkish

Height: Loose flattish clusters up to 7.5 cm (3") across on umbrella-stems which may be once- or twice-branched

Each Flower: 3 mm (1/8") across, cup-shaped, 6 petal-like sepals; at base of each flower is 5-pointed, cup-shaped involucre; points reflexed; tiny whorl of bracts below each stem branch

Leaves: Narrow, lance-shaped, and narrowing to brownish, downy stem at base; may be 1 or 2 whorls of stem-leaves; leaf blades may be 1.3-5 cm (1/2-2") long and 6-9 mm (1/4-3/8") broad, upper surface greyish-green, lower surface grey due to soft downy hairs

Stems: Flower-stem rigid, round, grey, and downy with 1 or 2 whorls of leaves

Blooming Period: May - July

Habitat: Dry to arid areas in desert-sagebrush slopes and banks

Note:

Whorls of stem-leaves identify this from other Eriogonum species