Eriogonum compositum var. leianthum

Hooker

Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 264. 1853.

Common names: Smooth arrow-leaf wild buckwheat
Endemic
Synonyms: Eriogonum compositum var. simplex (S. Watson ex Piper) H. St. John & F. A. Warren
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 356. Mentioned on page 355.

Plants 2–4 (–5) dm. Aerial flowering-stems usually slender, infrequently fistulose, 1–3 dm, usually glabrous, rarely floccose. Leaf-blades ovate to deltoid, 3–10 (–15) × 2–4 (–4.5) cm. Involucres glabrous or more commonly weakly glandular-puberulent. Flowers 5–6 mm; perianth usually bright-yellow.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Sandy to gravelly slopes, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities, oak and montane conifer woodlands
Elevation: 30-1600(-2000) m

Discussion

Variety leianthum is mostly occasional to locally common in eastern Washington, northwestern and west-central Idaho, and northeastern Oregon.

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 +
James L. Reveal +
Hooker +
deciduous +  and persistent +
stipelike +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
awn-tipped +  and simple +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
glabrate +, densely white-lanate +  and tomentose +
ovate;deltoid +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
not awn-tipped +
semileaflike +  and leaflike +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
glandular +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
3;several +
scale-like +, linear +  and linear-lanceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
grooved +, disarticulating +  and dichotomous +
not brittle +
glabrous +  and floccose +
scabrellous +
spreading +  and erect +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Smooth arrow-leaf wild buckwheat +
Idaho +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
30-1600(-2000) m +
curved +  and straight +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
attenuate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
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 gravelly slopes, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities, oak and montane conifer woodlands +
compound-umbellate +  and umbellate +
subcapitate +  and capitate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
cymelike +, paniclelike +, racemelike +  and spikelike +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
connate +  and free +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
glandular-puberulent +  and glabrous +
turbinate-campanulate +  and campanulate +
nonmembranous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
ovate +  and deltoid +
in whorls +, opposite +, alternate +  and rosulate +
persistent +
bractlike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
not swollen +
orthotropous +
accrescent +
curved +  and straight +
erect to deflexed +
bright-yellow +
cylindric +  and urceolate +
accrescent +
fleshy +, indurate +  and membranous +
with extrafloral nectaries +  and not articulate +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Jul. +
homostylous +  and 3-carpellate +
Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. +
, +  and solid +
slender;stout +
persistent +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
prostrate +  and erect +
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 +
Eriogonum compositum var. simplex +
chambered +  and solid +
slender +  and stout +
Eriogonum compositum var. leianthum +
Eriogonum compositum +
variety +
emarginate +  and entire +
1/4 +  and 1/3 +
oblong +  and oblong-ovate +
coriaceous +
erect +  and weakly reflexed +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
persistent +
membranous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
sericeous +, lanate +  and tomentose floccose or glabrous +
dioecious +, polygamodioecious +, synoecious +  and polycarpic +
annual +, biennial +  and perennial +
glabrous +  and floccose +
3 +, 2 +  and 1 +