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| '''''Eriogonum arborescens''''' is a species of ] known by the common name '''Santa Cruz Island buckwheat'''. This ] is ] to the ]. It may be anywhere from one half to two meters in height and sprawl from one half to three meters in diameter across the ground. The stems bear narrow, fuzzy green leaves at the ends of the branches, each 2 to 5 centimeters long and sometimes with edges rolled under. The bush erects frilly ]s of densely clustered flowers on nearly naked ]. Each flower is only a few millimeters wide, very light pink in color, with nine protruding ]s. This is an uncommon plant in its native range on a few of the Channel Islands. It has also been planted as highway landscaping on mainland California, where the shrub is not native |
'''''Eriogonum arborescens''''' is a species of ] known by the common name '''Santa Cruz Island buckwheat'''. This ] is ] to the ]. It may be anywhere from one half to two meters in height and sprawl from one half to three meters in diameter across the ground. The stems bear narrow, fuzzy green leaves at the ends of the branches, each 2 to 5 centimeters long and sometimes with edges rolled under. The bush erects frilly ]s of densely clustered flowers on nearly naked ]. Each flower is only a few millimeters wide, very light pink in color, with nine protruding ]s. This is an uncommon plant in its native range on a few of the Channel Islands. It has also been planted as highway landscaping on mainland California, where the shrub is not native. | ||
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| Eriogonum arborescens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Eriogonum |
| Species: | E. arborescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Eriogonum arborescens Greene | |
Eriogonum arborescens is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Santa Cruz Island buckwheat. This shrub is endemic to the Channel Islands of California. It may be anywhere from one half to two meters in height and sprawl from one half to three meters in diameter across the ground. The stems bear narrow, fuzzy green leaves at the ends of the branches, each 2 to 5 centimeters long and sometimes with edges rolled under. The bush erects frilly inflorescences of densely clustered flowers on nearly naked peduncles. Each flower is only a few millimeters wide, very light pink in color, with nine protruding stamens. This is an uncommon plant in its native range on a few of the Channel Islands. It has also been planted as highway landscaping on mainland California, where the shrub is not native.
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