familyPolygonaceae
subfamilyPolygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae
genusEriogonum
subgenusEriogonum subg. Eucycla
speciesEriogonum leptocladon
Eriogonum leptocladon var. papiliunculi
Brittonia 26: 92, fig. 2. 1974.
Common names: Butterfly wild buckwheat
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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.
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