PLANTS Profile for Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum (Santa Barbara Island buckwheat)

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PLANTS Profile

Eriogonum giganteum S. Watson var. compactum Dunkle
Santa Barbara Island buckwheat

Symbol:

ERGIC

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Eriogonum giganteum S. Watson var. compactum Dunkle

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Synonyms:
Eriogonum giganteum S. Watson var. compactum Dunkle

ERGIC2

Eriogonum giganteum S. Watson ssp. compactum (Dunkle) Munz

Distribution:
Eriogonum giganteum S. Watson var. compactum Dunkle


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Eriogonum giganteum S. Watson var. compactum Dunkle

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 229 species in Eriogonum, 3 varieties in Eriogonum giganteum S. Watson

Classification:
Eriogonum giganteum S. Watson var. compactum Dunkle

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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 giganteum S. Watson – St. Catherine's lace
Variety	Eriogonum giganteum S. Watson var. compactum Dunkle – Santa Barbara Island buckwheat

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eriogonum giganteum S. Watson var. compactum Dunkle

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

California:
Santa Barbara Island buckwheat		Rare

More Accounts and Images:
Eriogonum giganteum S. Watson var. compactum Dunkle

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527992.

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

Time Generated: 10/20/2008 06:04 PM MDT