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Winged Buckwheat

Pterogonum alatum

Photo by BlueAppaloosa
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Description:

This plant is very tall, around four feet high, and is a slender stalk that branches near the top. The high branches have yellowish flowers about an inch across. The stalk has a few clumps of leaves in a ring. At the base of the stalk are a bunch of slender, round-topped leaves.

Habitat:

open field

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