Eriogonum allenii S.Watson

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Polygonaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Eriogonum allenii S.Watson

  • Description

    Species Description - Tomentose perennial 3–5 dm, erect from a thick, woody root, branched above; lvs glabrescent above, the basal ones long-petioled, with ovate or ovate-oblong blade 5–15 × 2–7 cm, the cauline ones in whorls of 3–5, short-petiolate, oval or oblong, progressively reduced; infl broad and rather flat-topped, with many invols, these 6–8 mm, lobed to the middle; perianth tapering to a shortly stipitate base; tep bright yellow, broad, obtuse, 3 mm, the outer glabrous, the inner inconspicuously hairy below; filaments villous toward the base. Shale-barrens; w. Va. and adj. W.Va. July, Aug.