PLANTS Profile for Eriogonum ovalifolium var. purpureum (cushion buckwheat)

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PLANTS Profile

Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. purpureum (Nutt.) Durand
cushion buckwheat

Symbol:

EROVP2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. purpureum (Nutt.) Durand

Margaret Williams. Courtesy of Nevada Native Plant Society. ©Nevada Native Plant Society. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. purpureum (Nutt.) Durand

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Synonyms:
Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. purpureum (Nutt.) Durand

	ERDA5	Eriogonum davisianum S. Stokes
	EROVC2	Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. celsum A. Nelson
	EROVM2	Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. multiscapum Gandog.
	EROVO3	Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. orthocaulon (Small) C.L. Hitchc.

Distribution:
Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. purpureum (Nutt.) Durand


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Related Taxa:
Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. purpureum (Nutt.) Durand

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 230 species in Eriogonum, 10 varieties in Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt.

Classification:
Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. purpureum (Nutt.) Durand

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Polygonales
Family	Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus	Eriogonum Michx. – buckwheat
Species	Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. – cushion buckwheat
Variety	Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. purpureum (Nutt.) Durand – cushion buckwheat

More Accounts and Images:
Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. purpureum (Nutt.) Durand

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View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 195560.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 12:36 AM CDT