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1/2 to 1 inch long, oblong to linear, the margins inrolled, bunched along the 

 stems and resembling rosemary; flowers white or pinkish, the involucres many- 

 flowered and clustered in heads at the ends of the branchlets, these flower- 

 bearing branchlets borne several at the top of the erect leafy branches, forming 

 flat-topped clusters or umbels. 



This species is a good browse for animals, especially during the winter. 



Occurrence. — GRAND CANYON : Kaibab trail below the South Rim. 



2. Wright's Buckwheatbrush (Eriogonum Wrighti Ton-.). — Small 

 much-branched shrub 1/2 to 1 (or 2) feet high, with erect stems densely leafy 

 below; leaves I/4 to 1 inch long, oblong to nearly linear due to inrolled mar- 

 gins, pointed at the tips; flowers white or cream-color with red veins, or red- 

 dish, the involucres scattered along or crowded near the ends of the repeatedly 

 2- or 3-forked branches. 



Occunence. — YOSEMITE, 6,000 to 10,000 feet: Snow Lake trail near northern boun- 

 dary; Le Conte Point; Matterhorn Canyon; Lyell Fork Merced River; Cold Canyon, 

 north of Glen Aulin ; Cascades. KINGS CANYON: between East Lake and Junction 

 Meadows; Zumwalt Meadows. SEQUOIA, 8,000 to 10,000 feet: Mineral King trail to 

 Sawtooth Peak; Little Kern River. GRAND CANYON. 



Fig. 23. Slender buckwheatbrush (Eriogonum microthecum) . 



