Eriogonum gilmanii S.Stokes

Gilman's buckwheat (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Eriogonum

Characteristics

Herbs, cespitose or pulvinate, occasionally scapose, 0.1-0.5 × 1-3 dm, tomentose. Stems spreading, with persistent leaf bases, up to 1/ 5 height of plant; caudex stems matted; aerial flowering stems scapelike, spreading to erect, slender, solid, not fistulose, 0.1-0.2 dm, tomentose.  Leaves basal, 1 per node; petiole 0.2-0.5 cm, tomentose; blade elliptic, 0.2-0.4 × 0.1-0.2 cm, tomentose, margins plane. Inflorescences cymose-umbellate or capitate, (0.4-)0.8-1.5 × 0.5-1.5 cm; branches umbellate, tomentose; bracts 3, scalelike, triangular to linear-lanceolate, 1-5 mm. Peduncles spreading, 0.1-0.3(-0.5) cm, tomentose. Involucres 1 per node, turbinate, 1.5-2 × 1-1.5 mm, tomentose; teeth 5, erect, 0.4-0.7 mm. Flowers 3.5-5 mm; perianth yellowish, with reddish spot, glabrous; tepals connate proximally, dimorphic, those of outer whorl orbiculate and globose, 3-4 × 3-4 mm, those of inner whorl oblanceolate, 3.5-5 × 1-1.5 mm; stamens exserted, 3-4 mm; filaments pubescent proximally. Achenes brown, 2.5-3 mm, glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Distribution

Eriogonum gilmanii world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:94990-2
WFO ID wfo-0000674853
COL ID 6GRBM
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Synonyms

Eriogonum gilmanii