Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii

Common names: Douglas’s wild buckwheat
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 364. Mentioned on page 362, 363.

Leaf blades narrowly oblanceolate to spatulate, tomentose abaxially, less so adaxially. Flowers 5–9 mm; perianth yellow to ochroleucous, sparsely to densely villous abaxially.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Sandy to gravelly or rocky flats and slopes, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities, oak and montane conifer woodlands
Elevation: 100-1700(-1900) m

Discussion

Variety douglasii is widespread in scattered, disjunct populations in southeastern Washington (Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Kittitas, Klickitat, and Yakima counties) and northeastern Oregon (Baker, Gilliam, Grant, Jefferson, Malheur, Sherman, Union, Wallowa, and Wasco counties).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
James L. Reveal +
Bentham +
Douglas’s wild buckwheat +
Oreg. +  and Wash. +
100-1700(-1900) m +
Sandy to gravelly or rocky flats and slopes, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities, oak and montane conifer woodlands +
Flowering May–Jul. +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
Eriogonum caespitosum subsp. douglasii +
Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii +
Eriogonum douglasii +
variety +