PLANTS Profile for Eriogonum leptophyllum (slenderleaf buckwheat)

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PLANTS Profile

Eriogonum leptophyllum (Torr. & A. Gray) Woot. & Standl.
slenderleaf buckwheat

Symbol:

ERLE10

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Subshrub
Shrub

L48

More Information:

Images:
Eriogonum leptophyllum (Torr. & A. Gray) Woot. & Standl.

Synonyms:
Eriogonum leptophyllum (Torr. & A. Gray) Woot. & Standl.

EREFL

Eriogonum effusum Nutt. var. leptophyllum Torr. & A. Gray

Distribution:
Eriogonum leptophyllum (Torr. & A. Gray) Woot. & Standl.


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USA (AZ, CO, NM, UT)

Related Taxa:
Eriogonum leptophyllum (Torr. & A. Gray) Woot. & Standl.

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 230 species in Eriogonum

Classification:
Eriogonum leptophyllum (Torr. & A. Gray) Woot. & Standl.

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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 leptophyllum (Torr. & A. Gray) Woot. & Standl. – slenderleaf buckwheat

More Accounts and Images:
Eriogonum leptophyllum (Torr. & A. Gray) Woot. & Standl.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 21180.

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

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 03:27 PM CDT