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Frisco buckwheat

Eriogonum soredium

Frisco buckwheat
Photo: Daniela Roth, USDI Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain
Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Utah (Beaver Co.)
Climate
temperate

About

Eriogonum soredium is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Frisco buckwheat. It is endemic to Utah in the United States, where it is known only from Beaver County. There are four populations, all located in the San Francisco Mountains. It is a candidate for federal protection.

This low-growing perennial herb reaches about 4 centimeters in height, forming mounds up to 50 centimeters wide. The woolly rounded or oval leaves are up to 5 millimeters long and 2 millimeters wide. The white or pinkish flowers are up to 3 millimeters wide and are borne in clusters shaped like "drumsticks". The seeds are 2 to 2.5 millimeters wide. Blooming occurs in June through August.

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 soredium 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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