Eriogonum leptocladon var. papiliunculi

Reveal

Brittonia 26: 92, fig. 2. 1974.

Common names: Butterfly wild buckwheat
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 250. Mentioned on page 249.

Plants (3–)4–10 × 5–15 dm. Aerial flowering stems glabrous. Leaves: blade lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 2.5–3.5(–4) × (0.4–)0.5–0.8(–1.2) cm, margins plane. Inflorescence branches glabrous. Perianths white. 2n = 40.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat: White or red wind-blown sands on flats, washes and slopes, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities, pinyon-juniper woodlands
Elevation: 1200-2200 m

Discussion

Variety papiliunculi occurs from Emery, Garfield, Kane, and San Juan counties, Utah, southward to Apache, Coconino, and Navajo counties, Arizona, and just enters San Juan County, New Mexico.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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James L. Reveal +
Reveal +
Undefined subg. Eucycla +
Butterfly wild buckwheat +
Ariz. +  and Utah. +
1200-2200 m +
White or red wind-blown sands on flats, washes and slopes, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities, pinyon-juniper woodlands +
Flowering Jun–Oct. +
Eriogonum effusum subsp. leptocladon +
Eriogonum leptocladon var. papiliunculi +
Eriogonum leptocladon +
variety +