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Eriogonum heermannii (Heermann's buckwheat; heermann buckwheat; Heermann'sbuckwheat)

Synonyms: Eriogonum geniculatum (heterotypic); Eriogonum heermannii heermannii; Eriogonum heermannii typicum (homotypic); Eriogonum heermannii var. heermannii

Wikipedia Abstract

Eriogonum heermannii is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Heermann's buckwheat. It is native to the southwestern United States from California to Utah where it grows on rocky slopes, desert flats, and dry washes.
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Infraspecies

Eriogonum heermannii var. argense (Apache buckwheat)
Eriogonum heermannii var. clokeyi (Clokey's buckwheat)
Eriogonum heermannii var. floccosum (Clark Mountain buckwheat)
Eriogonum heermannii var. humilius (Heermann's buckwheat)
Eriogonum heermannii var. occidentale (Western Heermann's buckwheat)
Eriogonum heermannii var. subspinosum (Heermann's buckwheat)
Eriogonum heermannii var. sulcatum (Heermann's buckwheat)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Shrub

Predators

Callophrys comstocki[4]
Euphilotes battoides (Square-spotted Blue)[4]
Euphilotes rita (Blue)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0