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Eriogonum microtheca (slender buckwheat; slenderbush buckwheat; slenderbush eriogonum)

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Infraspecies

Eriogonum microtheca var. alpinum (Alpine slender buckwheat)
Eriogonum microtheca var. ambiguum
Eriogonum microtheca var. arceuthinum
Eriogonum microtheca var. corymbosoides (San Bernardino buckwheat)
Eriogonum microtheca var. johnstonii (Johnston's buckwheat)
Eriogonum microtheca var. lacusursi
Eriogonum microtheca var. lapidicola
Eriogonum microtheca var. laxiflorum
Eriogonum microtheca var. microtheca
Eriogonum microtheca var. panamintense (Panamint buckwheat)
Eriogonum microtheca var. phoeniceum
Eriogonum microtheca var. schoolcraftii
Eriogonum microtheca var. simpsonii (Simpson's buckwheat)
Eriogonum microtheca var. tegetiforme
Eriogonum microthecum var. alpinum (alpine slender buckwheat)
Eriogonum microthecum var. ambiguum (slender buckwheat)
Eriogonum microthecum var. arceuthicum
Eriogonum microthecum var. arceuthinum
Eriogonum microthecum var. corymbosioides
Eriogonum microthecum var. corymbosoides (San Bernardino buckwheat)
Eriogonum microthecum var. johnstonei
Eriogonum microthecum var. lacusursii
Eriogonum microthecum var. lapidicola (slender buckwheat)
Eriogonum microthecum var. laxiflorum
Eriogonum microthecum var. panamintense (Panamint buckwheat)
Eriogonum microthecum var. panamitense
Eriogonum microthecum var. schoolcraftii
Eriogonum microthecum var. tegetiforme

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Screening - Summer [2]  Porous
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Bloom Period [2]  Mid Summer
Drought Tolerance [2]  High
Edible [3]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [2]  Medium
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [2]  4 months 20 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Single Crown
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Moderate
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Seed
Root Depth [2]  12 inches (30 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Slow
Seed Vigor [2]  Medium
Seeds Per [2]  299999 / lb (661386 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Semi-Erect
Structure [3]  Shrub
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None
Flower Color [2]  Purple
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Brown
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [3]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [2]  Low
View Plants For A Future Record : Eriogonum microtheca

Protected Areas

Predators

Euphilotes rita (Blue)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 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
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