PLANTS Profile for Eriogonum alatum (winged buckwheat)

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PLANTS Profile

Eriogonum alatum Torr.
winged buckwheat

Symbol:

ERAL4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 648. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Eriogonum alatum Torr.

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Distribution:
Eriogonum alatum Torr.


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Related Taxa:
Eriogonum alatum Torr.

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 230 species in Eriogonum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Eriogonum alatum Torr. var. alatum. . Image Available.

Eriogonum alatum var. alatum
winged buckwheat

Distribution of Eriogonum alatum Torr. var. glabriusculum Torr.. .

Eriogonum alatum var. glabriusculum
winged buckwheat

Distribution of Eriogonum alatum Torr. var. mogollense S. Stokes ex M.E. Jones. .

Eriogonum alatum var. mogollense
winged buckwheat

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Eriogonum alatum Torr.

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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 alatum Torr. – winged buckwheat

More Accounts and Images:
Eriogonum alatum Torr.

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21057.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 10:16 PM CDT