Eriogonum artificis

Reveal

Phytologia 86: 121. 2004.

Common names: Kaye’s wild buckwheat
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 272. Mentioned on page 236, 264, 271.

Herbs, spreading, not scapose, (2–) 3–4.5 × 1–2 (–3) dm, glabrous. Stems spreading, without persistent leaf-bases, up to 1/3 height of plant; caudex stems absent; aerial flowering-stems erect, slender, solid, not fistulose, 1–2 dm, pubescent among leaves. Leaves basal or sheathing up stem 1–3 cm, 1 per node; petiole 2.5–4 cm, tomentose; blade narrowly elliptic, 2–5 × (0.8–) 1–1.5 (–1.7) cm, grayish-tomentose on both surfaces, margins plane. Inflorescences cymose, 10–25 × 5–15 cm; branches dichotomous, glabrous; bracts 3, scalelike, triangular, 2–3 mm. Peduncles erect, slender, 0.2–1 cm, glabrous. Involucres 1 per node, turbinate, 3.5–4 × 2–2.5 mm; teeth 5 (–6), erect, 0.5–0.8 mm. Flowers 3.5–4 mm; perianth ochroleucous to pale-yellow or, rarely, yellow, glabrous; tepals connate proximal 1/5, monomorphic, oblong; stamens exserted, 5–6 mm; filaments pilose proximally. Achenes light-brown, 3.5–4 mm, glabrous.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Sandy to somewhat gravelly, volcanic slopes, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities, juniper woodlands
Elevation: 1800-1900 m

Discussion

Eriogonum artificis is known from a single location near Frisco in Beaver County. Care must be taken not to confuse Kaye’s wild buckwheat with glabrous forms of E. spathulatum that occur nearby. The flowers of E. artificis are usually pale yellow, but occasionally plants are found with cream-colored and distinctly yellow flowers.

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 +
Reveal +
deciduous +  and persistent +
stipelike +
Undefined subg. Eucycla +
papillate +
awn-tipped +  and simple +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
grayish-tomentose +
linear;orbiculate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
not awn-tipped +
leaflike +  and semileaflike +
glandular +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
triangular +  and scale-like +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
not brittle +
spreading +  and erect +
scabrellous +
ridged +, angled +  and round +
spreading +  and erect +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Kaye’s wild buckwheat +
1800-1900 m +
unisexual +, , +  and bisexual +
not attenuate +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
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 +
Sandy to somewhat gravelly, volcanic slopes, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities, juniper woodlands +
reduced +
capitate +  and subcapitate +
dense +  and diffuse +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
cymelike +, paniclelike +, racemelike +  and spikelike +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
connate +  and free +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
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 +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
yellow;,;ochroleucous;pale-yellow +
cylindric +  and urceolate +
accrescent +
fleshy +, indurate +  and membranous +
with extrafloral nectaries +  and not articulate +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Flowering Aug–Sep. +
homostylous +  and 3-carpellate +
, +  and solid +
slender;stout +
persistent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
glandular +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
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 artificis +
Eriogonum subg. Eucycla +
species +
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 +
synoecious +, monocarpic +, polycarpic +  and , +
3 +, 2 +  and 1 +