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Eriogonum umbellatum Torr.
sulphur-flower buckwheat
       
Symbol:   ERUM  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Polygonaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Subshrub
Shrub
Forb/herb 		 
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    N



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Eriogonum umbellatum Torr.

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Distribution:
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr.

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Related Taxa:
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr.

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 229 species in Eriogonum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. argus Reveal. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. argus
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. aureum (Gandog.) Reveal. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. aureum
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. bahiiforme (Torr. & A. Gray) Jeps.. . Image Available.
Eriogonum umbellatum var. bahiiforme
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. chlorothamnus Reveal. . Image Available.
Eriogonum umbellatum var. chlorothamnus
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. cladophorum Gandog.. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. cladophorum
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. cognatum (Greene) Reveal. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. cognatum
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. covillei (Small) Munz & Reveal. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. covillei
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. deserticum Reveal. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. deserticum
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. devestivum Reveal. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. devestivum
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. dichrocephalum Gandog.. . Image Available.
Eriogonum umbellatum var. dichrocephalum
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. ellipticum (Nutt.) Reveal. . Image Available.
Eriogonum umbellatum var. ellipticum
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. furcosum Reveal. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. furcosum
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. glaberrimum (Gandog.) Reveal. . Image Available.
Eriogonum umbellatum var. glaberrimum
green buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. goodmanii Reveal. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. goodmanii
Goodman's buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. hausknechtii (Dammer) M.E. Jones. . Image Available.
Eriogonum umbellatum var. hausknechtii
Hausknecht's buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. humistratum Reveal. . Image Available.
Eriogonum umbellatum var. humistratum
Mt. Eddy buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. hypoleium (Piper) C.L. Hitchc.. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. hypoleium
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. juniporinum Reveal. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. juniporinum
juniper buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. majus Hook.. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. majus
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. minus I.M. Johnst.. . Image Available.
Eriogonum umbellatum var. minus
alpine sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. modocense (Greene) S. Stokes. . Image Available.
Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. munzii Reveal. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. munzii
Munz's buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. nevadense Gandog.. . Image Available.
Eriogonum umbellatum var. nevadense
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. porteri (Small) S. Stokes. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. porteri
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. speciosum (E. Drew) S. Stokes. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. speciosum
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. subaridum S. Stokes. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. subaridum
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. torreyanum (A. Gray) M.E. Jones. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. torreyanum
Donner Pass buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. umbellatum. . Image Available.
Eriogonum umbellatum var. umbellatum
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. vernum Reveal. .
Eriogonum umbellatum var. vernum
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Distribution of Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. versicolor S. Stokes. . Image Available.
Eriogonum umbellatum var. versicolor
sulphur-flower buckwheat
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Classification:
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Caryophyllidae
Order Polygonales
Family Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus Eriogonum Michx. – buckwheat
Species Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. – sulphur-flower buckwheat
 

More Accounts and Images:
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21266.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 4 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.
 
 
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