PLANTS Profile for Eriogonum lonchophyllum (spearleaf buckwheat)

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PLANTS Profile

Eriogonum lonchophyllum Torr. & A. Gray
spearleaf buckwheat

Symbol:

ERLO4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Eriogonum lonchophyllum Torr. & A. Gray

©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 lonchophyllum Torr. & A. Gray

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Distribution:
Eriogonum lonchophyllum Torr. & A. Gray


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Related Taxa:
Eriogonum lonchophyllum Torr. & A. Gray

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

Distribution of Eriogonum lonchophyllum Torr. & A. Gray var. fendlerianum (Benth.) Reveal. .

Eriogonum lonchophyllum var. fendlerianum
spearleaf buckwheat

Distribution of Eriogonum lonchophyllum Torr. & A. Gray var. intermontanum (Reveal) Reveal. .

Eriogonum lonchophyllum var. intermontanum

Distribution of Eriogonum lonchophyllum Torr. & A. Gray var. lonchophyllum. .

Eriogonum lonchophyllum var. lonchophyllum
spearleaf buckwheat

Distribution of Eriogonum lonchophyllum Torr. & A. Gray var. nudicaule (Torr.) Reveal. .

Eriogonum lonchophyllum var. nudicaule

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Eriogonum lonchophyllum Torr. & A. Gray

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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 lonchophyllum Torr. & A. Gray – spearleaf buckwheat

More Accounts and Images:
Eriogonum lonchophyllum Torr. & A. Gray

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 21185.

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 12:42 AM CDT