Eriogonum helichrysoides

Strawflower wild buckwheat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Eriogonum
Species: E. helichrysoides
Binomial name
Eriogonum helichrysoides
(Gand.) Prain
Synonyms[1]
  • Eriogonum effusum subsp. helichrysoides (Gand.) S. Stokes
  • Eriogonum effusum var. rosmarinoides Benth.
  • Eriogonum microthecum subsp. helichrysoides Gand.

Eriogonum helichrysoides, common names spreading buckwheat and strawflower wild buckwheat, is a plant species endemic to Kansas. It has been reported from only 6 counties in the west-central part of the state: Ellis, Gove, Lane, Logan, Scott, and Trego counties. The species occurs in grasslands or on clay or limestone outcrops.[2]


Eriogonum helichrysoides is a dark green shrub up to 40 cm tall and spreading to up to 80 cm across. Leaves are very narrow, up to 6 cm long but only 3 mm across. Flowers are white to rose.[2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America
  3. ↑ Jackson, Benjamin Daydon. 1913. Index Kewensis suppl. 4:82.
  4. ↑ Gandoger, Michael. 1906. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de Belgique 42(3): 192.
  5. ↑ Stokes, Susan Gabriella. 1936. The Genus Eriogonum.
  6. ↑ photo of isotype of Eriogonum helichrysoides at Missouri Botanical Garden
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