Eriogonum spergulinum var. reddingianum

(M. E. Jones) J. T. Howell

Leafl. W. Bot. 6: 79. 1950.

Common names: Redding’s wild buckwheat
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Oxytheca reddingiana M. E. Jones Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 9: 32. 1882
Synonyms: Eriogonum spergulinum subsp. reddingianum (M. E. Jones) Munz ex Reveal
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 409.

Plants erect, 0.8–4 dm. Inflorescence branches: internodes glandular. Flowers 1.5–2.5 mm, perianth glabrous or sparsely hairy.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Sandy to gravelly, often granitic or pumice flats and slopes, sagebrush communities, oak, montane, and subalpine conifer woodlands
Elevation: 1300-3400 m

Distribution

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Calif., Idaho, Nev., Oreg.

Discussion

Variety reddingianum is widespread and often common to even locally weedy. It occurs in the mountains and cold desert regions of California from the Transverse Ranges northward in the mountains of eastern California and western Nevada, and in California’s North Coast Ranges. It is found also in less montane, mainly cold desert regions of southern Oregon, and disjunct at scattered sites in central Idaho.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

brown;blackish +
included +  and exserted +
lenticular +
usually red +  and cream or yellow +
oblong +  and ellipsoid or oval +
James L. Reveal +
(M. E. Jones) J. T. Howell +
deciduous +  and persistent +
stipelike +
Oxytheca reddingiana +
awn-tipped +  and simple +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
short-hispid +
linear;orbiculate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
not awn-tipped +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
glandular +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
scale-like +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
grooved +, disarticulating +  and dichotomous +
not brittle +
sparsely hispid +  and puberulent +
scabrellous +
ridged +, angled +  and round +
spreading +  and erect +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Redding’s wild buckwheat +
Calif. +, Idaho +, Nev. +  and Oreg. +
1300-3400 m +
unisexual +, , +  and bisexual +
not attenuate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
not fistulose +
slender;stout +
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, often granitic or pumice flats and slopes, sagebrush communities, oak, montane, and subalpine conifer woodlands +
open +  and cymose +
capitate +  and subcapitate +
racemose +, paniculate +  and cymose-paniculate +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
cymelike +, paniclelike +, racemelike +  and spikelike +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
connate +  and free +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
nonmembranous +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
in whorls +, opposite +, alternate +  and rosulate +
marcescent +
persistent +
cauline +  and basal +
bractlike +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
revolute +  and plane +
greenish +  and reddish +
not swollen +
orthotropous +
accrescent +
erect to deflexed +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
hairy +  and glabrous +
cylindric +  and urceolate +
accrescent +
fleshy +, indurate +  and membranous +
with extrafloral nectaries +  and not articulate +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Sep. +
homostylous +  and 3-carpellate +
Leafl. W. Bot. +
, +  and solid +
slender;stout +
persistent +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
spreading +  and erect +
glabrous +, short-hispid +, villous +, hirsute +, floccose +  and tomentose +
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 spergulinum subsp. reddingianum +
chambered +  and solid +
slender +  and stout +
Eriogonum spergulinum var. reddingianum +
Eriogonum spergulinum +
variety +
emarginate +  and entire +
1/5 +  and 1/2 +
coriaceous +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
persistent +
membranous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
annual +  and perennial +
reddish +, grayish +  and greenish +
short-hispid +, glandular +  and glabrous +
synoecious +, monocarpic +, polycarpic +  and , +
3 +, 2 +  and 1 +