familyPolygonaceae
subfamilyPolygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae
genusEriogonum
subgenusEriogonum subg. Eucycla
speciesEriogonum lachnogynum
Eriogonum lachnogynum var. lachnogynum
Common names: Woolly-cup wild buckwheat
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Eriogonum lachnogynum subsp. tetraneuris (Small) S. Stokes Eriogonum tetraneuris
Plants erect, 1–3.5 × 1–2 dm. Aerial flowering stems 1–2 dm, floccose. Leaves: petiole 0.5–2.5(–3) cm; blade lanceolate or oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 1–2.5(–3) × 0.3–0.5(–0.8) cm. Inflorescences subcapitate, umbellate-cymose, or cymose, open and divided 1–3 times; branches 2–20 × 2–20 cm. Involucres 2–5 per cluster, (2–)3–4 mm. Flowers 2.5–5(–6) mm.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Sandy to gravelly (often calcareous) or shaley to clayey or gypsum flats and washes, grassland, creosote bush, or mesquite communities, pinyon and/or juniper woodlands
Elevation: 900-2400 m
Distribution
Colo., Kans., N.Mex., Okla., Tex.
Discussion
Variety lachnogynum is widely scattered throughout its range, being mostly infrequent to locally common in eastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, eastern New Mexico, western Oklahoma, and northern Texas.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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Woolly-cup wild buckwheat +
Sandy to gravelly (often calcareous) or shaley to clayey or gypsum flats and washes, grassland, creosote bush, or mesquite communities, pinyon and/or juniper woodlands +
Present +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
1856 +
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