Eriogonum pharnaceoides var. pharnaceoides

Common names: Wire-stem wild buckwheat
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 408.

Plants 1–5 dm. Basal leaves: petiole usually 0.3–0.5(–1) cm; blade 2–4 × 0.2–0.4 cm. Inflorescences (10–)20–45 cm. Perianths white to rose.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Nov.
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly slopes, sagebrush communities, oak, pinyon-juniper, and montane conifer woodlands
Elevation: 1400-2500 m

Distribution

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Ariz., N.Mex., Mexico (Chihuahua).

Discussion

Variety pharnaceoides is found infrequently throughout its range in northern and eastern Arizona (Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and Yavapai counties) and western New Mexico (Catron, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra, Socorro, and Taos counties). Thurber (773, NY) gathered the only known collection from Mexico at Janos, Chihuahua, in 1852.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
James L. Reveal +
Torrey +
Eriogonum sect. Ganysma +
Wire-stem wild buckwheat +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +  and Mexico (Chihuahua). +
1400-2500 m +
Sandy or gravelly slopes, sagebrush communities, oak, pinyon-juniper, and montane conifer woodlands +
Flowering Jul–Nov. +
in L. Sitgreaves, Rep. Exped. Zuni Colorado Rivers, +
Eriogonum pharnaceoides var. pharnaceoides +
Eriogonum pharnaceoides +
variety +