Eriogonum strictum var. greenei

(A. Gray) Reveal

Phytologia 40: 467. 1978.

Common names: Greene’s wild buckwheat
Endemic
Basionym: Eriogonum greenei A. Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 83. 1876
Synonyms: Eriogonum niveum var. greenei (A. Gray) S. Stokes
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 318. Mentioned on page 317.

Plants dense mats, 2–10 dm wide. Leaf-blades ovate, 0.5–1 cm, densely white-lanate to tomentose on both surfaces. Inflorescences 3–5 cm; branches tomentose. Involucres 4–6 × 2–3 mm, tomentose. Flowers 4–5 mm; perianth white.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Rocky, typically serpentine flats, slopes, and ridges, sagebrush communities, montane conifer woodlands
Elevation: 1500-2400 m

Discussion

Variety greenei is restricted to the North Coast Ranges of northwestern California (Humboldt, Mendocino, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity counties). In the herbarium, it is occasionally difficult to distinguish from nonserpentine populations of var. proliferum. The variety is worthy of cultivation.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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light-brown;brown +
included +  and exserted +
3-gonous +
usually red +  and cream or yellow +
oblong +  and ellipsoid or oval +
acute;obtuse or rounded +
James L. Reveal +
(A. Gray) Reveal +
deciduous +  and persistent +
stipelike +
Eriogonum greenei +
papillate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
densely white-lanate +  and tomentose +
awn-tipped +  and simple +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
floccose to subglabrous or glabrous +  and greenish +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
sometimes sparsely tomentose +  and floccose +
elliptic;ovate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 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 +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
not brittle +
spreading +  and erect +
scabrellous +
ridged +, angled +  and round +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Greene’s wild buckwheat +
1500-2400 m +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
unisexual +, , +  and bisexual +
not attenuate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 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 +
Rocky, typically serpentine flats, slopes, and ridges, sagebrush communities, montane conifer woodlands +
reduced +
umbellate-cymose +  and cymose +
capitate +  and subcapitate +
dense +  and diffuse +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
cymelike +, paniclelike +, racemelike +  and spikelike +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
connate +  and free +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
narrowly turbinate +  and turbinate-campanulate +
nonmembranous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 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 +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Sep. +
homostylous +  and 3-carpellate +
, +  and solid +
slender;stout +
persistent +
included +  and slightly exserted +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
decumbent to erect +  and prostrate +
spreading +  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 niveum var. greenei +
chambered +  and solid +
slender +  and stout +
Eriogonum strictum var. greenei +
Eriogonum strictum +
variety +
emarginate +  and entire +
in proximal 1/2 +  and connate +
0 +  and 1/2 +
lobed +  and laciniate +
coriaceous +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
persistent +
membranous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
glabrous +  and tomentose +
synoecious +, monocarpic +, polycarpic +  and , +
3 +, 2 +  and 1 +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +