PLANTS Profile for Eriogonum niveum (snow buckwheat)

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PLANTS Profile

Eriogonum niveum Douglas ex Benth.
snow buckwheat

Symbol:

ERNI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Subshrub
Forb/herb

L48		N
CAN		N

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Clarence Kelley. USDA NRCS Pullman PMC. United States, WA, Pullman. Usage Requirements.

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Eriogonum niveum Douglas ex Benth.

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Synonyms:
Eriogonum niveum Douglas ex Benth.

	ERNID	Eriogonum niveum Douglas ex Benth. ssp. decumbens (Benth.) S. Stokes
	ERNID3	Eriogonum niveum Douglas ex Benth. var. decumbens (Benth.) Torr. & A. Gray
	ERNID2	Eriogonum niveum Douglas ex Benth. var. dichotomum (Douglas ex Benth.) M.E. Jones
	ERSTL	Eriogonum strictum Benth. var. lachnostegium Benth.

Distribution:
Eriogonum niveum Douglas ex Benth.


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USA (ID, OR, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Eriogonum niveum Douglas ex Benth.

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 229 species in Eriogonum

Classification:
Eriogonum niveum Douglas ex Benth.

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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 niveum Douglas ex Benth. – snow buckwheat

More Accounts and Images:
Eriogonum niveum Douglas ex Benth.

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 21203.

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

Time Generated: 09/16/2008 09:05 AM MDT