familyPolygonaceae
subfamilyPolygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae
genusEriogonum
subgenusEriogonum subg. Ganysma
speciesEriogonum spergulinum
Eriogonum spergulinum var. pratense
Leafl. W. Bot. 6: 80. 1950.
Common names: Mountain meadow wild buckwheat
Endemic
Basionym: Eriogonum pratense S. Stokes Leafl. W. Bot. 3: 201. 1943
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 409.
Revision as of 09:49, 30 July 2020 by imported>Volume Importer
Plants prostrate to ascending, 0.5–1 dm. Inflorescence branches: internodes not glandular. Flowers 1.8–2 mm; perianth hirsutulous.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Sandy granitic slopes, high-elevation meadow and sagebrush communities, subalpine to alpine conifer woodlands
Elevation: (2500-)2800-3500 m
Discussion
Variety pratense is restricted to the southern Sierra Nevada in Inyo and Tulare counties.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
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not winged +
brown;blackish +
glabrous +
homocarpic +
lenticular +
1.5mm;2.3mm +
various +
dehiscing +
absent +
not fasciculate +
sheathing +
marcescent +
longer +
anthesis +
distal +
stipelike +
entire +
short-hispid +
linear;orbiculate +
not awn-tipped +
semileaflike +
connate +
absent +
3;6 +
scale-like +
connate +
not brittle +
free +
aerial +
scabrellous +
spreading +
absent +
absent +
woody +
sessile +
fasciculate +
Mountain meadow wild buckwheat +
Calif. +
curved +
nuclear +
abundant +
adnate +
glabrous +
6;100 +
not attenuate +
aerial +
not fistulose +
slender;stout +
homocarpic +
Sandy granitic slopes, high-elevation meadow and sagebrush communities, subalpine to alpine conifer woodlands +
bractlike +
diffuse +
axillary +
trichotomous +
not glandular +
enclosed +
not appressed +
glabrous +
turbinate +
nonmembranous +
persistent +
sheathing +
marcescent +
persistent +
bractlike +
awn-tipped +
not swollen +
orthotropous +
basal +
articulate +
absent +
accrescent +
cluster +
straight +
erect +
absent +
glabrous +
erect to deflexed +
filiform +
slender +
winged +
pinkish;rose +
persistent +
hirsutulous +
pustulose +
accrescent +
various +
absent +
obscure +
hispid +
Leafl. W. Bot. +
1950 +
fibrous +
persistent +
anthesis +
ringlike +
longitudinal +
Endemic +
recurved +
included +
absent +
scapose +
viscid +
scandent +
absent +
peltate +
capitate +
foliaceous +
absent +
chartaceous +
arranged +
involucral +
absent +
distinct +
erect;spreading or recurved +
spreading;erect +
woody +
Eriogonum spergulinum var. pratense +
Eriogonum spergulinum +
variety +
absent +
monomorphic +
connate +
dimorphic +
oblong +
coriaceous +
single +
lobelike +
not awned +
erect +
persistent +
membranous +
glandular-punctate +
developing +
raised +
polycarpic +
homophyllous +
viscid +
annual +
prostrate;ascending +