Parsnipflower Buckwheat- Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family)  Eriogonum heracleoides
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buds of heracleoides at Terra, Utah

flower stalk showing ring of leaflike bracts halfway up

buds on plant at Bountiful Peak


  







Photo Details
1.  Buds found at Terra, Utah
2.  Flower stalk showing ring of leaflike bracts halfway up, plant at Bountiful Peak, Davis County, Utah
3.  Flower cluster from plant at Bountiful Peak, Davis County, Utah

Characteristics
Found from  foothills to sub-alpine. The flowering stem as a height of up to 18 inches with a distinctive ring of leaflike bracts halfway up. Several cream flowers in terminal clusters.  The leaves are up to 2 inches long mostly hairless on the top and wooly underneath.

Also located at the bottom of Farmington Canyon, N. 40.59.5589, W. 111.52.4541
And  half way up Guardsman Pass,
Elevation 9152 feetN. 40.36.567, W. 111.33.992



This plant is a host plant for many butterfly larvae.  For photos, click on
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