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Eriogonum fasciculatum foliolosum
Small white flowers that grow within spherical inflorescences of about 10 cm in diameter (3rd picture). The plant is low growing and spreads outward. The leaves are narrow and fleshy. The flowers must produce a large quantity of nectar because it was visited by many kinds of bees, wasps and flies, including the Tarantula Hawk Wasp in a previous spotting (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/180...). Family Polygonaceae.
Growing on the very edge of the rim of the Grand Canyon. West Rim near the Sky Walk.
Turns out this plant is one of the primary wild honey sources in California. It is draught resistant and is a native plant to the American southwest. It attracts and sustains hundreds of species of insects.
Spotted on Jun 8, 2016
Submitted on Jul 23, 2016
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