Eriogonum hookeri is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Hooker's buckwheat. It is native to the Intermountain West of the United States, where it grows in plateau and desert habitat.

Description

It is an annual herb producing an erect stem surrounded at the base with a small patch of round, woolly leaves. The branched flowering stem is hairless and waxy in texture. It spreads into an inflorescence lined with many small dangling clusters of yellow to reddish flowers, each individual flower just a few millimeters wide.

Eriogonum hookeri

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment - Eriogonum hookeri

Eriogonum hookeri - Photo gallery

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Flora of the Northwestern United States

Flora of the Southwestern United States

Flora of the California desert regions

Flora without expected TNC conservation status

Eriogonum hookeri