PLANTS Profile for Eriogonum alatum var. alatum (winged buckwheat)

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PLANTS Profile

Eriogonum alatum Torr. var. alatum
winged buckwheat

Symbol:

ERALA2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Eriogonum alatum Torr. var. alatum

Pterogonum alatum

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Eriogonum alatum Torr. var. alatum

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Synonyms:
Eriogonum alatum Torr. var. alatum

	ERALT2	Eriogonum alatum Torr. ssp. triste (S. Watson) S. Stokes
	ERTR18	Eriogonum triste S. Watson
	PTAL3	Pterogonum alatum (Torr.) Gross.

Native Status:
Eriogonum alatum Torr. var. alatum


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (AZ, CO, KS, NE, NM, TX, UT, WY)

Related Taxa:
Eriogonum alatum Torr. var. alatum

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 230 species in Eriogonum, 3 varieties in Eriogonum alatum Torr.

Classification:
Eriogonum alatum Torr. var. alatum

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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
Variety	Eriogonum alatum Torr. var. alatum – winged buckwheat

More Accounts and Images:
Eriogonum alatum Torr. var. alatum

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 195419.

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 03:37 AM CDT