Pink buckwheat on Mt.Shasta, CA

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:27 pm

Anybody know this one? I'm not sure that it's a buckwheat (Polygonaceae:Eriogonum), but it sure struck me that way. It's not far above the upper parking lot on Mt. Shasta, CA, about 8200 ft elevation (Sept 3, 2006). Total plant height about 3 in. You could probably sell a zillion of these if it was about 10X bigger!

--Rik

Canon 300D, Sigma 105mm 1/320 sec, f/11, full sun.

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:02 am

Nice.

Never seen this kind of flower before.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:03 am

Very interesting looking plant Rik. Very tuff looking enviroment for the little guy

Excellent photo.

Gordon C. Snelling · Post by **Gordon C. Snelling** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:41 am

Rik
I've seen this one before,. it has also always struck me as a little buckwheatish. Will see if I can figure it out.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:18 am

I will go ask Spanky and Alfalfa maybe one of them will know.

I have no idea what this is or what a buckwheat even looks like, nice photo though.