familyPolygonaceae
subfamilyPolygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae
genusEriogonum
subgenusEriogonum subg. Oregonium
speciesEriogonum gracile
Eriogonum gracile var. gracile
Common names: Slender woolly wild buckwheat
Synonyms: Eriogonum roseum var. leucocladon
Inflorescence branches lanate to tomentose or floccose.
Phenology: Flowering year-round.
Habitat: Sandy and gravelly flats and slopes, grassland and chaparral communities, oak and pine woodlands
Elevation: 0-1400(-1600) m
Distribution
Calif., Mexico (Baja California).
Discussion
Variety gracile is widespread and common to locally weedy throughout much of California, southward to northern Baja California, Mexico. Two collections (Schott 4, F; Thurber s.n., 1852, F, NY) made in the early 1850s supposedly in Sonora, Mexico, and an 1865 Torrey collection (454, NY) from Nevada, are well outside the known range of E. gracile and are discounted as to location.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.