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Wright's buckwheat

Eriogonum wrightii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 396, February 343, March 357, April 443, May 430, June 316, July 271, August 276, September 350, October 358, November 460, December 355.
United States7,520
California4,356
Arizona1,374
New Mexico529
Texas395
Nevada266
Mexico162
Baja California157
Utah18
Wyoming9

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Familyknotweed family · Polygonaceae
Genuswild buckwheats · Eriogonum

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