Andy's Rocky Mountain Wildflowers

Cushion Buckwheat

Eriogonum ovalifolium

Also known as: Viviparous knotweed. Habitat: Montane forests to alpine ridges. Interest: The flower heads consist of yellow to white flowers, are shaped like puff-balls, and are often become tinged with pink or lavender as they age.  The plant form mounds that sometimes exceed 0.3 m across.  The leaves are all basal, white-woolly on both surfaces with a tone of green on the upper surface, are elliptic in shape, up to 2 cm long and 3-15 mm wide. Location: Table Mountain, near Pincher Creek, Alberta, June 29, 2006.

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Sudbury, Ontario