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POLYGONACEAE, Buckwheat Family

Plants of the Buckwheat family seen in the Anza-Borrego region include:

Brittle Spineflower (Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu)
Corrugate Spineflower (Chorizanthe corrugata)
Fringed Spineflower (Chorizanthe fimbriata var. fimbriata)
Rigid Spineflower (Chorizanthe rigida)

Thurber's Spineflower (Centrostegia thurberi)

Buckwheat Species (Eriogonum sp.)
Desert Skeleton Weed (Eriogonum deflexum var. deflexum)
Tall Buckwheat (Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum)
Mountain Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium)
Desert Trumpet (Eriogonum inflatum)
Little Trumpet (Eriogonum trichopes)

Granny's Hairnet, G.C.P. (Pterostegia drymarioides)

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