Eriogonum grande var. rubescensred buckwheat. Included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere). Endemic to San Miguel, Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz Islands in the northern Channel Islands. One of the showiest buckwheats, it is widely available in the nursery trade and sometimes naturalized on mainland California. Photographed in a private garden in El Cerrito, CA.
Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the natural history of the Himalayan Mountains :.London :Wm. H. Allen,1839..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2913431Rheum spiciforme, aka Spiked Rhubarb, is a popular cooking ingredient, used often 2 make pies, sauces & jams biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2913431 #bhlib
Family: Polygonaceae1-1.5m tall herb found in marshy areas along canals and water logged areas of India, Africa, and China. Photographed at Nellore of India.Annual herb, Leaves 6-13x 1-2.5cm lanceolate, acuminate, thick. Flowers 3-4mm across, pink, in 10-15cm long terminal paniculate spikes.
July 25th, 2016 - Julington Durbin Creek PreserveGlandular punctae not uniformly distributed on the tepals, mainly on the lower portions of the outer tepals and on theinner tepals