Eriogonum pharnaceoides var. cervinum

Reveal

Great Basin Naturalist 34: 246. 1974.

Common names: Deer Lodge wild buckwheat
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 408.

Plants 1–3 dm. Basal leaves: petiole usually 0.1–0.3(–0.5) cm; blade 1–3(–4) × 0.1–0.25(–0.4) cm. Inflorescences 5–25 cm. Perianths yellow.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly slopes, sagebrush and mountain mahogany communities, oak, pinyon-juniper and montane conifer woodlands
Elevation: (1400-)1800-2300 m

Discussion

Variety cervinum is rare to infrequent in its limited range of eastern Lincoln County, Nevada, southwestern Iron and western Washington counties, Utah, and northeastern Mohave County, Arizona. It is totally disjunct from the typical variety.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
James L. Reveal +
Reveal +
Eriogonum sect. Ganysma +
Deer Lodge wild buckwheat +
Ariz. +, Nev. +  and Utah. +
(1400-)1800-2300 m +
Sandy or gravelly slopes, sagebrush and mountain mahogany communities, oak, pinyon-juniper and montane conifer woodlands +
Flowering Jul–Sep. +
Great Basin Naturalist +
Eriogonum pharnaceoides var. cervinum +
Eriogonum pharnaceoides +
variety +