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Eriogonum ovalifolium (Cushion buckwheat)
Bransford, W.D. and Dolphia

Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt.

Cushion buckwheat

Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family)

USDA Symbol: EROV

USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

A matted plant, often grayish-haired, with basal leaves and round heads of tiny, reddish or purplish to cream flowers on long, erect, leafless stems.

There is much variation, as is to be expected in a widespread species such as this, occurring over a broad elevational range. Alpine plants are generally dwarf; plants growing in sagebrush are usually taller. Flowers vary from cream to yellow when young; as they age, they may become reddish or purple.

 

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
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Bloom Information

Bloom Time: May , Jun , Jul , Aug

Distribution

USA: AZ , CA , CO , ID , MT , NM , NV , OR , UT , WA , WY
Canada: AB
Native Distribution: British Columbia south to northern California and east to Rocky Mountains from New Mexico to Alberta.
Native Habitat: In open areas from sagebrush plains to open coniferous woodlands, alpine ridges, and rocky mountain slopes.
USDA Native Status: L48(N), CAN(N)

Value to Beneficial Insects

Special Value to Native Bees
Supports Conservation Biological Control

This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

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Native Seed Network - Corvallis, OR

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Additional resources

USDA: Find Eriogonum ovalifolium in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Eriogonum ovalifolium in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Eriogonum ovalifolium

Metadata

Record Modified: 2007-01-01
Research By: TWC Staff

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