Eriogonum inflatum, the desert trumpet, is a perennial plant of the family buckwheat family. The plant possesses very small yellow flowers and an inflated stem just below branching segments. It is found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico as far east as western Colorado and the Four Corners region.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Desert Trumpet being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Eriogonum
- Species
- Eriogonum inflatum
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