Atraphaxis
Botanical name: Atraphaxis
Atraphaxis
Botanical name: Atraphaxis
Description
As of spring 2019 plants of the World Online accepted 41 species. Species of atraphaxis are much branched woody plants forming shrubs or shrubby tufts. The leaves are simple and alternate with very short stalks (almost sessile). The inflorescence is made up of several bundles (fascicles) of one to three flowers. The flowers have persistent tepals either arranged in a narrow tube with unequal lobes or bell-shaped with equal segments. The fruits are wingless achenes.
Species of Atraphaxis
Shrubby buckwheat
A small, deciduous shrub, shrubby buckwheat can be found in stony soil or screen on dry mountainsides, in rocky dry stream beds, at field margins, and at roadsides. It bears clusters of pink and white flowers.
Atraphaxis spinosa
As of spring 2019 Plants of the World Online accepted 41 species. Species of atraphaxis spinosa are much branched woody plants forming shrubs or shrubby tufts. The leaves are simple and alternate with very short stalks (almost sessile). The inflorescence is made up of several bundles (fascicles) of one to three flowers. The flowers have persistent tepals either arranged in a narrow tube with unequal lobes or bell-shaped with equal segments. The fruits are wingless achenes.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Vascular plants Class
Dicotyledons Order
Pinks, cacti, and allies Family
Buckwheat Genus
Atraphaxis 
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