Eriogonum apricum var. prostratum

Myatt

Madroño 20: 320, fig. 1. 1970.

Common names: Irish Hill wild buckwheat
EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 309. Mentioned on page 308.

Aerial flowering-stems prostrate.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Clay hills and outcrops, manzanita communities, conifer woodlands
Elevation: 90-200 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Variety prostratum is federally listed as endangered. It is known from three sites that together constitute less than one acre north of Ione in Amador County.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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light-brown +
included +  and exserted +
3-gonous +
usually red +  and cream or yellow +
oblong +  and ellipsoid or oval +
acute;obtuse or rounded +
James L. Reveal +
deciduous +  and persistent +
stipelike +
Undefined subg. Eucycla +
papillate +
awn-tipped +  and simple +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
glabrous +, floccose +  and white-tomentose +
round-ovate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
not awn-tipped +
leaflike +  and semileaflike +
glandular +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
scale-like +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
not brittle +
spreading +  and erect +
scabrellous +
ridged +, angled +  and round +
spreading +  and erect +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Irish Hill wild buckwheat +
90-200 m +
unisexual +, , +  and bisexual +
not attenuate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
not fistulose +
unwinged +  and winged +
black +, red +, brown +  and yellowish +
exserted +  and included +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
spheroidal +, 4-gonous +, lenticular +, biconvex +, discoid +, 3-gonous +  and 2-gonous +
Clay hills and outcrops, manzanita communities, conifer woodlands +
reduced +
capitate +  and subcapitate +
dense +  and diffuse +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
cymelike +, paniclelike +, racemelike +  and spikelike +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
connate +  and free +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
campanulate +
nonmembranous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
in whorls +, opposite +, alternate +  and rosulate +
persistent +
bractlike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
not swollen +
orthotropous +
accrescent +
curved +  and straight +
erect to deflexed +
cylindric +  and urceolate +
accrescent +
fleshy +, indurate +  and membranous +
with extrafloral nectaries +  and not articulate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Sep. +
homostylous +  and 3-carpellate +
, +  and solid +
slender;stout +
persistent +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
glandular +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
penicillate +, fimbriate +  and capitate +
deciduous +  and persistent +
2-lobed +  and cylindric +
coriaceous +  and membranous +
consisting of a series +  and tubular +
distinct +
erect;spreading or recurved +
spreading;erect +
chambered +  and solid +
slender +  and stout +
Eriogonum apricum var. prostratum +
Eriogonum apricum +
variety +
emarginate +  and entire +
0 +  and 1/2 +
coriaceous +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
persistent +
membranous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
erect;spreading or prostrate +
synoecious +, monocarpic +, polycarpic +  and , +
3 +, 2 +  and 1 +