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Wrights Buckwheat (Eriogonum wrightii)

Wrights Buckwheat (Eriogonum wrightii). Low, highly branched, perennial shrub that grows from a robust taproot and a reddish woody base. Leaves are about 1 inch long and scattered on many stems. August - October. Woody base.

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Wrights Buckwheat (Eriogonum wrightii)

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  1. Wrights Buckwheat (Eriogonum wrightii) • Low, highly branched, perennial shrub that grows from a robust taproot and a reddish woody base. • Leaves are about 1 inch long and scattered on many stems. August - October

  2. Woody base • Generally grows on rocky slopes and foothills in the low mountains of West Texas • Toxin is a photodynamic agent. The animal absorbs this substance directly from its digestive tract and can transfer it to calves through the milk.

  3. Jimmy Fern • Is an evergreen, erect fern with simple, fern=like leaves. • Toxic agent is unknown. The poison is excreted in milk and not destroyed when the plant dries. Occurs in sheep, goats and cattle.

  4. Desert Spike (Oligomeris linifolia) • Rather succulent, erect, annual plant readhing 14-15”. • Toxic agent is unknown. Only cattle are known to have been poisoned by this plant in Texas.

  5. Coyotillo (Karwinskia humboldtiana) • Spineless woody shrub or small tree of the buckthorn family. • Toxic agent is unknown. Toxic to cattle, sheep, goats, hogs and fowl, cattle are the most susceptible.

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