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Eriogonum heracleoides var. angustifolium

Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt. var. angustifolium (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray

Parsnip Flowered Buckwheat, Parsnip-flower Wild Buckwheat, Parsnipflower Buckwheat

Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)

Synonym(s): Eriogonum angustifolium

USDA Symbol: ERHEA2

USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb , Subshrub
Fruit Type: Achene
Size Notes: Up to about 16 inches tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Pink , Yellow
Bloom Time: May , Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep

Distribution

USA: ID , OR , WA
Canada: BC
Native Habitat: Sandy to gravelly flats, slopes and ridges, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities, oak, aspen and montane to 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 heracleoides var. angustifolium in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Eriogonum heracleoides var. angustifolium in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Eriogonum heracleoides var. angustifolium

Metadata

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

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