Eriogonum ochrocephalum var. ochrocephalum

Common names: White-woolly wild buckwheat
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 283.

Leaf blades oblanceolate to elliptic or ovate to obovate, 1–2 × (0.3–)0.5–1(–1.5) cm. Scapes 0.5–1.5(–2) dm, glandular at least proximal to inflorescence. Involucres turbinate-campanulate to campanulate, 3–5(–6) × 3–4.5(–5) mm, sparsely to densely floccose, occasionally sparsely glandular. Flowers 2–2.5(–3) mm; perianth glabrous or rarely weakly glandular. Achenes 1.5–2.5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Volcanic or gumbo clay flats and slopes, saltbush and sagebrush communities, juniper woodlands
Elevation: 1300-1700(-2500) m

Discussion

Variety ochrocephalum occurs in Lassen and Modoc counties, California, and in Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, Pershing, Storey, and Washoe counties, Nevada.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
James L. Reveal +
S. Watson +
Undefined subg. Eucycla +
White-woolly wild buckwheat +
Calif. +  and Nev. +
1300-1700(-2500) m +
Volcanic or gumbo clay flats and slopes, saltbush and sagebrush communities, juniper woodlands +
Flowering May–Jun. +
in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California +
Eriogonum ochrocephalum var. ochrocephalum +
Eriogonum ochrocephalum +
variety +