Eriogonum pusillum Torr. & A.Gray is a plant in the Polygonaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Eriogonum pusillum Torr. & A.Gray

Eriogonum pusillum Torr. & A.Gray

Eriogonum pusillum is a small annual herb that produces yellow-to-red flowers on bare branching inflorescences.

Family
Genus
Eriogonum
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Eriogonum pusillum Torr. & A.Gray

Eriogonum pusillum Torr. & A.Gray is a small annual herb that grows 5 to 30 centimeters tall. Its woolly, rounded leaves are located at the base of the plant, and measure roughly one centimeter in length. The inflorescence consists of rising, branching, spindly bare branches, which produce cup-shaped flower clusters at every node along the branches. Each tiny glandular flower reaches a maximum width of about three millimeters, and its color changes from bright yellow, to orange-red, and finally to red.

Photo: (c) Steve Matson, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Steve Matson · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Polygonaceae Eriogonum

More from Polygonaceae

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

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