familyPolygonaceae
subfamilyPolygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae
genusEriogonum
subgenusEriogonum subg. Eucycla
speciesEriogonum breedlovei
Eriogonum breedlovei var. shevockii
Mentzelia 1: 21. 1976.
Common names: Shevock’s wild buckwheat
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 280.
Scapes suberect to prostrate, thinly glandular-puberulent, slightly pilose. Inflorescences cymose. Peduncles 0.3–0.5(–1) cm.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat: Granitic outcrops, conifer woodlands
Elevation: 1800-2300 m
Discussion
Variety shevockii is restricted to The Needles, Baker Point, and Little Kern River Gorge areas of Kern and Tulare counties.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.