Eriogonum umbellatum var. ellipticum (Nutt.) Reveal

Sulphur-flower buckwheat (en)

Variety

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Eriogonum > Eriogonum umbellatum

Characteristics

Herbs, often rather compact mats, 1-3.5 × 2-5 dm. Aerial flowering stems erect, 0.7-2(-3) dm, thinly floccose or glabrous, without one or more leaflike bracts ca. midlength. Leaves in loose rosettes; blade usually elliptic, 1.5-3(-4) × 1-1.5 cm, tomentose abaxially, usually glabrous adaxially, margins plane. Inflorescences compound-umbellate, branched 2-4 times; branches thinly floccose or glabrous, without a whorl of bracts ca. midlength; involucral tubes 2-4 mm, lobes 2-4 mm. Flowers 6-8 mm; perianth bright yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality polygamodioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.35
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use Burn Dressing (leaf)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Eriogonum umbellatum var. ellipticum world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:922093-1
WFO ID wfo-0000675591
COL ID 5NSZH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Eriogonum ellipticum Eriogonum croceum Eriogonum stellatum Eriogonum umbellatum var. chrysanthum Eriogonum umbellatum var. croceum Eriogonum umbellatum var. ellipticum Eriogonum umbellatum var. stellatum Eriogonum umbellatum subsp. stellatum