Eriogonum microthecum var. ambiguum (M.E.Jones) Reveal

Slender buckwheat (en)

Variety

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Eriogonum > Eriogonum microthecum

Characteristics

Subshrubs or shrubs, 0.5-5 × 1-8 dm. Stems: caudex absent; aerial flowering stems 0.2-1 dm, mostly floccose. Leaves: blade 0.8-2.5 × (0.2-)0.3-0.6(-0.8) cm, densely white-or reddish-brown-tomentose abaxially, floccose adaxially, margins rarely revolute. Inflorescences 1-5(-12) cm; branches tomentose to floccose. Involucres 2-2.5 mm, tomentose to floccose. Flowers (1.5-)2-2.5(-3) mm; perianth yellow. Achenes 1.5-2 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.5
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Distribution

Eriogonum microthecum var. ambiguum world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95166-2
WFO ID wfo-0000675089
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Synonyms

Eriogonum aureum var. ambiguum Eriogonum microthecum var. ambiguum Eriogonum microthecum var. expansum Eriogonum corymbosum var. ambiguum