SULPHER FLOWERED UMBREALLAPLANT

Class: Eriogonum umbellatum

Family: BUCKWHEAT FAMILY

Sub Family: Polygonaceae

Year: Perennial

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Colour: Pale to deep yellow

Height: 10-30 cm (4-12")

Each Flower: 3 mm (1/8") across with usually 6 petal-like almost papery sepals; vary from cream to yellow or pinkish tinged; 9 stamens; each tiny flower has 5-8-toothed involucre; below converging point of short umbrella-stems is whorl of bracts forming frilly collar

Leaves: Basal, pointed, paddle-shaped on spreading stems, and mats; blades have short stalks, 3 cm (1 1/4") long and 1.3 cm (1/2") wide, green above and greyish beneath; edges often curled under

Stems: Flower-stems round, rigid, and slightly woolly, the creeping stems woody

Blooming Period: June - August

Habitat: Quite varied habitats from lower altitudes in sagebrush deserts, to foothills and up to alpine elevations

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