Eriogonum salicornioides Gand.

Saltwort buckwheat (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Eriogonum

Characteristics

Herbs, spreading, annual, (0.5-)1-3 dm, glabrous, greenish to reddish. Stems: caudex absent; aerial flowering stems erect, solid, not fistulose, 0.2-0.6 dm, glabrous. Leaves basal; petiole 0.5-3 cm, floccose; blade ovate to orbiculate, 0.4-1.5 × 0.4-1.2 cm, white-tomentose abaxially, floccose or glabrous and greenish adaxially, margins plane. Inflorescences cymose, open, 5-25 × 5-25 cm; branches glabrous; bracts 3, scalelike, 1-2 × 1-2 mm. Peduncles absent or erect, straight, slender, 0.1-0.5 cm, glabrous, absent distally. Involucres turbinate, 1.5-2 × 1-1.7 mm, glabrous; teeth 5, erect, 0.4-0.8 mm. Flowers 1.2-1.7 mm; perianth white to pale yellow, glabrous, pustulose proximally; tepals monomorphic, ovate; stamens included, 1.2-1.8 mm; filaments glabrous. Achenes brown, lenticular, 1.6-2 mm, glabrous. 2n = 36.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:694405-1
WFO ID wfo-0000675395
COL ID 3B4VM
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Synonyms

Eriogonum demissum Eriogonum salicornioides Eriogonum demissum var. romanum