Little Desert Trumpet
Eriogonum trichopes
Photographed near Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona. March 2016. This represents just one flower cluster of about 5 mm in diameter while the larger inflorescence presents several dozen such clusters.
LEAVES: The ovate leaves are clustered close to ground level.
ANNUAL: Depending on conditions annual may live up to a year or perhaps longer. The flowering stems are usually not swollen and hollow.
FLOWERS: Very small, bright yellow flowers are arrayed in small clusters at the tips of a slender many-branched stem.
FRUIT: Very small, single seeded fruits are three-sided like other buckwheats.
RANGE: Widely distributed in the Sonoran Desert.
UNARMED