Eriogonum douglasii var. elkoense

Reveal

Phytologia 86: 129. 2004.

Common names: Sunflower Flat wild buckwheat
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 363. Mentioned on page 364.

Leaf blades elliptic, densely lanate on both surfaces, sometimes slightly less so and faintly greenish adaxially. Flowers 5–8 mm; perianth cream or ochroleucous, sparsely villous.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Sandy to gravelly flats and slopes, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities
Elevation: 1900-2100 m

Discussion

Variety elkoense is known only from the Sunflower Flat area northeast of Wild Horse State Park in northwestern Elko County.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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