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Eriogonum ovalifolium (ovalleaf eriogonum; cushion buckwheat; cushion wild buckwheat)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Eriogonum ovalifolium is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name cushion buckwheat. It is native to western North America from California to Alberta, where it is a member of many plant communities in varied habitats.
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Infraspecies

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. caelestinum (cushion buckwheat)
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. depressum (cushion buckwheat)
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. eximium (Brownmargin buckwheat)
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. focarium
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. monarchense
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale (cushion buckwheat)
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. ochroleucum (cushion buckwheat)
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. pansum (cushion buckwheat)
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. purpureum (cushion buckwheat)
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. rubidum
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. vineum (Cushenbury buckwheat)
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. williamsiae (Williams' buckwheat)
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. williamsii

Attributes

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

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Canyonlands National Park II 335430 Utah, United States
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument V 4349 Idaho, United States
Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve II 2196863 Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States

Predators

Euphilotes battoides (Square-spotted Blue)[4]
Euphilotes enoptes (Blue)[4]
Plebejus lupini[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