Species Information
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Anthophyta
Class: Dicotyledoneae
Order: Polygonales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Eriogonum
Species: capillare
San Carlos Wild Buckwheat - Eriogonum capillare
Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants
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Species Extent (New Mexico)
General Description
Annual, 2-4 dm tall; leaves basal, obovate to rounded, 1-3 cm long and wide, sparsely villous to hirsute and green on both surfaces, margins entire, petioles 1-3 cm long; stems erect, 5-15 cm long, glabrous and glaucous; inflorescence open to dense, cymose paniculate, the branches 1-3 dm long, spreading, trichotomously branched at the first node, dichotomously branched above, the ultimate branches often slender; peduncles slender, 1-3 cm long; flowers in small involucrate clusters, glabrous; tepals pandurate (fiddle-shaped with a constriction in the middle), white with green or reddish midribs and bases, 0.8-1.2 mm long; achenes brown to black, 1.3-1.6 mm long. Flowers July to October.
Status
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 1
Number of Mapped Locations: 1
Number of Observations: 1
Observation date range: 06-08-1992 to 06-08-1992
External Links
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NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)