Eriogonum

Polygonaceae3

• Eriogonum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae. (wikipedia.org)
• Eriogonum, WILD BUCKWHEAT, is a member of the Polygonaceae family with 362 species. (aerulean.com)
• Other photos about Species - Polygonaceae or Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium . (schweich.com)

Umbellatum6

• Gentle Giant Sulphur Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum 'Gentle Giant') is an especially large-growing selection of the western native E. umbellatum, blooming with a profusion of bright yellow flat-topped flowers in early summer. (highcountrygardens.com)
• Gentle Giant Sulphur Buckwheat (Eriogonum umbellatum 'Gentle Giant') blooms with a profusion of bright yellow flat-topped flowers in early summer. (highcountrygardens.com)
• Eriogonum umbellatum , commonly called sulphur flower, is a highly variable wildflower that is native to dry rocky soils in rocky forests, foothills, mountain slopes and mountain ridges from British Columbia and Alberta south to southern California, Arizona and the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. (missouribotanicalgarden.org)
• Eriogonum umbellatum, a native California, is a perennial that grows to nearly 1/2 foot tall and spreads to about 3 feet. (aerulean.com)
• In addition to the butterflies listed below, Eriogonum umbellatum will also attract Satyrium titus, Coral Hairstreak. (aerulean.com)
• A very bright addition to hot, dry gardens, Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulphur Buckwheat) is an evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial forming a broad mat of woody stems set with small, vertical, spatula-shaped leaves, 1 in. (gardenia.net)

Genus3

• Despite sharing the common name "buckwheat", Eriogonum is part of a different genus than the cultivated European buckwheat and than other plant species also called wild buckwheat. (wikipedia.org)
• Several of these are monophagous, meaning their caterpillars only feed on this genus, sometimes just on a single taxon of Eriogonum. (wikipedia.org)
• The genus name, Eriogonum, comes from the Greek words erion meaning wool and gony meaning knee or joint and refers to the woolliness of the nodes. (karensgardentips.com)

Species4

• Eriogonum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). (wikipedia.org)
• Eriogonum pusillum is a common and widespread species, found at a range of elevations and in a variety of habitats between Oregon and Arizona, concentrated in the Great Basin and Mojave deserts. (americansouthwest.net)
• Eriogonum cernuum is one of the more common similar species. (swbiodiversity.org)
• Accordingly, variation in bird reproductive success among territories was positively related to the relative abundance of Lepidoptera (but not Diptera), which were most abundant on 2 shrub species (Eriogonum fasciculatum, Sambucus nigra) of the 9 habitat elements characterized (8 dominant plant species and bare ground). (bvsalud.org)

Buckwheat Eriogonum7

• It includes some common wildflowers such as the California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum). (wikipedia.org)
• It came into the news in 2005 when the Mount Diablo buckwheat (Eriogonum truncatum, believed to be extinct) was rediscovered. (wikipedia.org)
• harperi - Harper's umbrella plant or Harper's buckwheat Eriogonum longifolium var. (wikipedia.org)
• gnaphalifolium - scrub buckwheat or long-leaf wild Buckwheat Eriogonum longifolium var. (wikipedia.org)
• longifolium - longleaf buckwheat Eriogonum longifolium var. (wikipedia.org)
• lindheimeri - Lindheimer's long-leaf Eriogonum or Lindheimer's buckwheat Eriogonum luteolum - goldencarpet buckwheat Eriogonum maculatum - spotted buckwheat Eriogonum marifolium - marumleaf buckwheat Eriogonum microthecum - slender buckwheat Eriogonum mohavense - Western Mojave buckwheat Eriogonum molestum - pineland buckwheat Eriogonum nervulosum - Snow Mountain buckwheat Eriogonum nidularium - birdnest buckwheat Eriogonum niveum - snow buckwheat Eriogonum nortonii - pinnacles buckwheat Eriogonum nudum - naked buckwheat Eriogonum nudum ssp. (wikipedia.org)
• On the east side of the ridge, the gravel is filled with marumleaf buckwheat (Eriogonum marifolium). (westerncascades.com)

Polifolium1

• I observed, collected, and photographed adults and immature stages of the thrips on inflorescences of Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium (Bentham) Torrey & A. Gray in the Mojave Desert during spring 2011 and 2012. (bioone.org)

Microthecum2

• Eriogonum microthecum var. (ewu.edu)
• Eriogonum microthecum Nutt. (ewu.edu)

Torr2

• Eriogonum deflexum Torr. (berkeley.edu)
• Eriogonum wrightii Torr. (asu.edu)

Shrub2

• Eriogonum arborescens, commonly known as Santa Cruz Island buckwheat, is a charismatic perennial shrub native to the coastal regions of California. (plantflowerseeds.com)
• Leptothrips fasciculatus (Crawford) is a tubuliferan thrips that has primarily been collected as adults from Eriogonum fasciculatum Bentham, a shrub that produces compound inflorescences with flowers in clusters. (bioone.org)

Nudum1

• Monophagous Lepidoptera on wild buckwheat include: Apodemia mormo (Mormon metalmark) - feeds exclusively on Eriogonum Apodemia mormo langei (Lange's metalmark) - only known from Eriogonum nudum ssp. (wikipedia.org)

Flavum1

• Eriogonum flavum subsp. (floranorthamerica.org)

Wrightii1

• Eriogonum wrightii is subdivided into several varieties most of which are distinct, although a few have rather indistinct boundaries. (asu.edu)

Deflexum1

• Eriogonum deflexum var. (berkeley.edu)

Glabrous1

• Eriogonum viridulum has a distinctive upright inflorescence composed of numerous, bright green and glabrous branches bearing essentially sessile involucres. (efloras.org)

Reveal2

• A perennial herb allied to Eriogonum austrinum (S. Stokes) Reveal and Eriogonum moranii Reveal of east-central Baja California, with spreading (rather than reflexed or erect) involucres on peduncles (berkeley.edu)
• 28. Eriogonum viridulum Reveal, Proc. (efloras.org)

Polycladon1

• Eriogonum polycladon is widely distributed from near Needles, San Bernardino County, California (where not found since the 1930s), eastward to western Texas, and from southern Utah throughout much of central and southern Arizona into western and southern New Mexico. (swbiodiversity.org)

Varieties1

• Some varieties of eriogonum, such as California buckwheat were and still are used as medicinal and food crops by Native American tribes. (wikipedia.org)

Grande1

• Eriogonum grande var. (gardenia.net)

Seeds1

• auriculatum Chionodes dammersi - feeds exclusively on Eriogonum Chionodes luteogeminatus - only known from Eriogonum niveum Euphilotes enoptes smithi (Smith's blue butterfly) - only known from Eriogonum latifolium and Eriogonum parvifolium Euphilotes battoides allyni (El Segundo blue butterfly) - only known from Eriogonum parvifolium Additionally, bees of the sagebrush steppe rely on the nectar of desert buckwheats, and birds and rodents eat the seeds. (wikipedia.org)

Foliage1

• Foliage of Eriogonum fasciculatum var. (laspilitas.com)

Flower1

• Flower of Eriogonum fasciculatum var. (laspilitas.com)

Common1

• Eriogonum androsaceum is common in the high northern Rocky Mountains in southern Alberta and northwestern Montana (Glacier, Lincoln, Park, Pondera, and Teton counties). (floranorthamerica.org)

Communities1

• Communities for Eriogonum fasciculatum var. (laspilitas.com)

Photo1

• Photo: Collection No. 86, Eriogonum fasciculatum var. (schweich.com)

Report1

• Report: Eriogonum thompsoniae var. (itis.gov)