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Eriogonum caespitosum Nutt.
Matted buckwheat
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Caryophyllidae | Cacti, many other succulents, carnivorous plants, and leadworts |
| Order | Caryophyllales | Includes cacti, carnations, amaranths, ice plants, and many carnivorous plants |
| Family | Polygonaceae | Knotweed or smartweed family |
| Genus | Eriogonum | From Greek erion, “wool,” and gonu, “joint or knee,” for the hairy or woolly joints in the stems of some of these species |
| Species | caespitosum | Caespitose, having a densely-clumped, tufted or cushion-like growth form, with the flowers held above the clump or tuft, alternate spelling cespitose |
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Eriogonum sphaerocephalum Douglas ex Benth. var. sericoleucum (Greene) S. Stokes
Eriogonum caespitosum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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8/29/2007 · Mt. Mazama Crater Lake Rim Road, Oregon
≈ 6 × 4" (15 × 10 cm)  ID is uncertain 
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