Eriogonum annuum Nutt.
Annual buckwheat
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8/26/2014 · Lava Falls, Malpais National Monument, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 3 × 2½″ (8.5 × 7.1 cm) 
ID is uncertain 
8/26/2014 · Lava Falls, Malpais National Monument, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 7 × 6″ (18 × 14 cm) ID is uncertain 
8/26/2014 · Lava Falls, Malpais National Monument, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm) ID is uncertain 
8/26/2014 · Lava Falls, Malpais National Monument, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 11 × 8″ (27 × 20 cm) ID is uncertain 
8/26/2014 · Lava Falls, Malpais National Monument, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 6 × 5″ (15 × 13 cm) ID is uncertain 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| 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 | annuum | Annual |
Eriogonum annuum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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