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Cushion Buckwheat

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale

Photo by YukoChartraw
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Description:

Mats with short flower stems. Tiny round leaves entire, coated with dense white-woolly hairs, in tight round clusters forming crowded mats. Flower stalk less than 2 in. tall holds rounded cluster of white to cream flowers.

Habitat:

Grows in alpine sand or gravel.

Notes:

Spotted on the alpine meadow near the summit of Mt. Townsend (elevation 6,280 ft.).

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Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale | cushion buckwheat | Wildflowers of the Paci…

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