Eriogonum umbellatum var. versicolor S.Stokes

Sulphur-flower buckwheat (en)

Variety

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Eriogonum > Eriogonum umbellatum

Characteristics

Herbs, spreading to somewhat prostrate mats, 1-3 × 1-4 dm. Aerial flowering stems usually erect, 0.5-1.5 dm, floccose, without one or more leaflike bracts ca. midlength. Leaves mostly in loose rosettes; blade usually elliptic, 0.5-1.5 × 0.3-1 cm, thinly tomentose on both surfaces, sometimes nearly or quite glabrous and green or becoming reddish adaxially, margins plane. Inflorescences umbellate or compound-umbellate; branches 0.5-1 dm, without a whorl of bracts ca. midlength, floccose; involucral tubes 2-3 mm, lobes 1-2 mm. Flowers 3-6 mm; perianth yellow, becoming reddish brown to rose or pink, with large reddish spot on each midrib.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality polygamodioecy
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
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Flower color
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Environment

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

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
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Minimum temperature (C°) -18
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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95565-2
WFO ID wfo-0000675629
COL ID 5NT2K
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Eriogonum umbellatum var. versicolor Eriogonum umbellatum subsp. versicolor