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Las Vegas Buckwheat

Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii

Also called Niles's Buckwheat

Las Vegas Buckwheat
Photo: (c) Ciara Hall, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)

About

Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii is a rare variety of Eriogonum corymbosum, a species of Polygonaceae, commonly known as Nile's wild buckwheat, Las Vegas buckwheat, or golden buckwheat. The plant can be found in the Mojave Desert, located in the Las Vegas Valley and Muddy Mountains region of Clark County, Nevada.

Other Eriogonum plants

Abert's buckwheat · Winged buckwheat · Shale barren 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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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