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Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum
Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook. var. coryphaeum Torr. & A. Gray
Hairy Shasta Wild Buckwheat, Shasta Buckwheat
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Synonym(s): Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. bellingerianum
USDA Symbol: ERPYC
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Herb , Subshrub
Fruit Type: Achene
Size Notes: Matted, up to about 8 inches tall.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: White , PinkBloom Time: Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep
Distribution
USA: CA , ID , MT , OR , WACanada: BC
Native Habitat: Sandy to gravelly, usually nonvolcanic flats, slopes and ridges, mixed grassland, sagebrush and mountain meadow communities, oak, montane and subalpine conifer woodlands.
Web Reference
Webref 30 - Calflora (2018) CalfloraWebref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Additional resources
USDA: Find Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-11-12Research By: CBR