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Eriogonum wrightii (bastardsage; shrubby buckwheat; Wright's buckwheat)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Eriogonum wrightii is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common names bastardsage and Wright's buckwheat. It is native to the Southwestern United States, California, and Northwest Mexico, where it grows in many plant communities, such as chaparral, in rocky habitats from mountains to deserts.
View Wikipedia Record: Eriogonum wrightii

Infraspecies

Eriogonum wrightii var. brevifolium
Eriogonum wrightii var. dentatum
Eriogonum wrightii var. linearifolium
Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum (bastardsage)
Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum (bastardsage)
Eriogonum wrightii var. olanchense (Olancha Peak buckwheat)
Eriogonum wrightii var. oresbium
Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum (bastardsage)
Eriogonum wrightii var. taxifolium
Eriogonum wrightii var. trachygonum (bastardsage)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Screening - Summer [2]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Bloom Period [2]  Summer
Drought Tolerance [2]  High
Fire Tolerance [2]  Medium
Frost Free Days [2]  6 months 20 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Fall
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Single Crown
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Fall
Growth Rate [2]  Slow
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Propagation [2]  Bare Root, Container, Seed
Root Depth [2]  12 inches (30 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Slow
Seed Vigor [2]  Low
Seeds Per [2]  399999 / lb (881848 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Semi-Erect
Structure [3]  Shrub
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None
Flower Color [2]  White
Foliage Color [2]  White-Gray
Fruit Color [2]  Brown
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [2]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mixed Sun/Shade
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
Chiricahua National Monument V 1421 Arizona, United States
Fort Bowie National Historic Site III 1004 Arizona, United States
Grand Canyon National Park II 1210128 Arizona, United States
Jornada Biosphere Reserve Ib 30913 New Mexico, United States
Tonto National Monument V 1123 Arizona, United States

Predators

Callophrys dumetorum (Coastal Green Hairstreak)[4]
Eriococcus eriogoni (eriogonum eriococcin)[5]
Euphilotes enoptes (Blue)[4]
Euphilotes rita (Blue)[4]
Lepus callotis (White-sided Jackrabbit)[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 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
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 6Lepus callotis, Troy L. Best and Travis Hill Henry, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 442, pp. 1-6 (1993)
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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