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Eriogonum allenii
Eriogonum allenii is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae known by the common names shale barren wild buckwheat or yellow buckwheat. It grows on Devonian shale in the eastern United States. It is found in the central Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia and Virginia.
Eriogonum allenii grows up to 50 cm (19.5 in) tall. The leaves are tomentose to floccose, oblong to ovate, 10–15 cm (4–6 in) long. The flowers are yellow and are 3–7 mm (0–0.5 in) in diameter.
Abert's buckwheat · Winged buckwheat · Trinity buckwheat · Mono buckwheat · Anglestem buckwheat · San Jacinto buckwheat · Ione buckwheat · Santa Cruz Island buckwheat · Clay buckwheat · Sulphur Hot Springs buckwheat · Bailey's buckwheat · Pretty buckwheat
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriogonum allenii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
