Description
Mt. Diablo buckwheat is an annual plant growing between 150–750 millimetres (6 in–2 ft 6 in) high. It blooms with several dozen pinkish flowers, having a maroon line down the center of each petal. The flower stalks branch upward in a wishbone pattern, with flowers blooming at the joint and ends of the wishbone.
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