Eriogonum nortonii Greene is a plant in the Polygonaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Eriogonum nortonii Greene

Eriogonum nortonii Greene

Eriogonum nortonii Greene is a small plant with often red stems, wavy leaves, and pink flower clusters on small erect stalks.

Family
Genus
Eriogonum
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Eriogonum nortonii Greene

This species, Eriogonum nortonii Greene, reaches a height of 5 to 20 centimeters. It has a thread-thin, branched stem that is often red. Most of its leaves measure 0.5 to 1.0 centimeters long, are rounded in shape, have fuzzy undersides, and bear wavy edges. Tiny clusters of flowers, ranging from very light to deep pink in color, grow on small erect stalks.

Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Polygonaceae Eriogonum

More from Polygonaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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