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Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. pyrolifolium

Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook. var. pyrolifolium

Pumice Buckwheat, Shasta Buckwheat, Shasta Wild Buckwheat, Wintergreen Leaved Buckwheat

Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: ERPYP

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb , Subshrub
Fruit Type: Achene
Size Notes: Matted, up to about 8 inches tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Pink
Bloom Time: Jul , Aug , Sep

Distribution

USA: CA , ID , OR , WA
Native Habitat: Sandy to gravelly, usually volcanic flats, slopes and ridges, mixed grassland, sagebrush and mountain meadow communities, oak, montane and subalpine conifer woodlands.

Web Reference

Webref 30 - Calflora (2018) Calflora
Webref 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. pyrolifolium in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. pyrolifolium in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. pyrolifolium

Metadata

Record Modified: 2020-11-12
Research By: CBR

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