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What I notice first about this plant is its bare, green stems.
There are often plenty of leaves but they're all within a few inches of the ground.
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Leaves are 1 to 3 inches long, connecting near the base of the plant on a long, slender stalk. The base of the stalk wraps around the stem.
Notice ...
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Leaves are green above, and dense grey-woolly below. The leaf blades are oval, and end abruptly at the stalk.
Sometimes, the leaves have small [ ...
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Flowers form in a tight ball at stem joints and tips - an easy-to-notice feature that tells you you're looking at a Buckwheat.
Stem joints are swol ...
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Flowers are clumped in tight [[umbels]], with a two-layered, small, green, vase-like [[involucre]] at the base.
Notice each flower's six, tiny, whi ...
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