Eriogonum umbellatum var. minus I.M.Johnst.

Alpine sulphur-flower buckwheat (en)

Variety

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Eriogonum > Eriogonum umbellatum

Characteristics

Herbs, dense, prostrate mats, 0.3-1 × 0.5-2 dm. Aerial flowering stems spreading, 0.2-0.8(-1.5) cm, tomentose, without one or more leaflike bracts ca. midlength. Leaves in tight rosettes; blade usually round-ovate, 0.3-0.8(-1) × 0.3-0.8 cm, densely lanate on both surfaces, margins plane. Inflorescences usually compact-umbellate; branches 0.5-2.5 cm, tomentose, without a whorl of bracts ca. midlength; involucral tubes 1.5-2 mm, lobes 1.5-2 mm. Flowers (2.5-)4-6 mm; perianth lemon yellow to yellowish red, becoming red to rose-red.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality polygamodioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.03 - 0.1
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95548-2
WFO ID wfo-0000675603
COL ID 5NSZV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Eriogonum minus Eriogonum umbellatum var. minus Eriogonum umbellatum subsp. minus