Vegetation Around Las Vegas, Smooth Heermann's Buckwheat (Eriogonum heermannii var. argense)

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Smooth Heermann's Buckwheat
(Eriogonum heermannii var. argense)
Shrubs Around Las Vegas, Vegetation Around Las Vegas

General: Smooth Heermann's Buckwheat (Eriogonum heermannii var. argense), also called "Brain Plant," is a rounded shrub that is fairly common on rocky limestone outcrops. The branches are stiff, forked into 3s, and green. There are several varieties, and this one has smooth, round, hairless stems.

Heermann's Buckwheat (Eriogonum heermannii) is a common component of vegetation communities in dry, well-drained gravelly areas on bajadas into the lower mountains in the Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub and Pinyon-Juniper Woodland) life zone.

Family: Buckwheat (Polygonaceae)

Smooth Heermann's Buckwheat on rocky landscape	Smooth Heermann's Buckwheat on rocky landscape
Smooth Heermann's Buckwheat on gravel landscape	Smooth Heermann's Buckwheat on gravel landscape

Smooth Heermann's Buckwheat has smooth stems	Smooth Heermann's BW has smooth stems (but note drying segment)
Small flowers clustered at stem tips	Small flowers clustered at stem tips
Small flowers clustered at stem tips	Small flowers clustered at stem tips

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate. Names generally follow the USDA database.
; Last updated 241201

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