Eriogonum giganteum
species of plant
Eriogonum giganteum, with the common name St. Catherine's lace, is a species of wild buckwheat in Southern California.
Distribution
This shrub is endemic to the Channel Islands of California. It is found in the Coastal sage scrub plant association habitat of the Coastal sage and chaparral sub-ecoregion.
One variety of this geographically limited species, Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum or the Santa Barbara Island buckwheat, is endemic to and particularly rare on Santa Barbara Island.
Description
Eriogonum giganteum is variable in size, from 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) in height and width, to a sprawling or rounded bush over 3 metres (9.8 ft) high and wide.
The leathery, woolly, oval-shaped leaves are gray, and clustered sparsely along the mostly naked branches. It is evergreen.
The plant flowers with each inflorescence rising boldly above the foliage on strong stalks.
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