Eriogonum

Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Eriogonum Michx.
POLYGONACEAE
WILD BUCKWHEAT
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Classification
CARYOPHYLLALES
Eriogonum
Citation
ERIOGONUM Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 246. 1803.
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TYPE: Eriogonum tomentosum Michaux 1803.
Distribution Map Present

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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Eriogonum longifolium var. gnaphalifolium LONGLEAF WILD BUCKWHEAT; SCRUB BUCKWHEAT Native Rare-State Threatened-US
Eriogonum tomentosum DOGTONGUE WILD BUCKWHEAT Native
Identification Key
1.  Leaves of the flowering stem alternate or fascicled, whitish lanate on the lower surface; tepals monomorphic, silvery or whitish tomentose on the outer surface; filaments glabrous
E. longifolium var. gnaphalifolium
1.  Leaves of the flowering stem whorled or opposite, white to rusty tomentose on the lower surface; tepals dimorphic, the outer surface tan to rusty lanate; filaments pilose
E. tomentosum
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Espinosa Espinosa Lagasca y Segura, Gen. Sp. Pl. 14. 1816. TYPE: Espinosa verticillata Lagasca y Segura 1816.
Eucycla Eucycla Nuttall, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4: 16. 1848; J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2. 1: 166. 1848. TYPE: Eucycla ovalifolia (Nuttall) Nuttall 1848. (Eriogonum ovalifolium Nuttall 1834.) Lectotypified by Reveal, in Reveal & Spevak, Taxon 16: 411. 1967.
Stenogonum Stenogonum Nuttall, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4: 19. 1848; J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2. 1: 170. 1848. TYPE: Stenogonum salsuginosum Nuttall 1848.