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Eriogonum strictum (Blue Mountain buckwheat)

Synonyms: Eriogonum strictum strictum; Eriogonum strictum typicum; Eriogonum strictum var. glabrum; Eriogonum strictum var. strictum

Wikipedia Abstract

Eriogonum strictum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Blue Mountain buckwheat. It is a common plant of western North America from northern California to British Columbia where it is found along rocky slopes and scrubland.
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Infraspecies

Eriogonum strictum var. anserinum (Blue Mountain buckwheat)
Eriogonum strictum var. greenei
Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum (Blue Mountain buckwheat)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Screening - Summer [2]  Dense
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Bloom Period [2]  Late Spring
Drought Tolerance [2]  High
Fire Tolerance [2]  Low
Frost Free Days [2]  4 months 25 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Summer
Growth Form [2]  Single Crown
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Slow
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Seed
Root Depth [2]  14 inches (36 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]  Yellow
Foliage Color [2]  Gray-Green
Fruit Color [2]  Brown
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [2]  28 inches (0.7 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [2]  Low

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument III 8594 Oregon, United States
Nez Perce National Historical Park V 2076 Idaho, United States

Predators

Euphilotes enoptes (Blue)[4]
Lemmiscus curtatus (sagebrush vole)[5]

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
♦ 5Lemmiscus curtatus, Lynn E. Carroll and Hugh H. Genoways, Mammalian Species No. 124, pp. 1-6 (1980)
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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