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Trinity buckwheat

Eriogonum alpinum

Trinity buckwheat
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Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
California (Siskiyou Co., Trinity Co.)
Climate
temperate

About

Eriogonum alpinum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Trinity buckwheat.

Where it grows

This rare plant is endemic to northern California. It is known from only about ten occurrences in the Mount Eddy and Cory Peak areas of the Trinity Mountains, within the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in southern Siskiyou County and northwestern Trinity County.

Other Eriogonum plants

Abert's buckwheat · Winged buckwheat · Shale barren 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 alpinum 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.

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