PLANTS Profile for Eriogonum longifolium (longleaf buckwheat)

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PLANTS Profile

Eriogonum longifolium Nutt.
longleaf buckwheat

Symbol:

ERLO5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Eriogonum longifolium Nutt.

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 longifolium Nutt.

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Distribution:
Eriogonum longifolium Nutt.


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Related Taxa:
Eriogonum longifolium Nutt.

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

Distribution of Eriogonum longifolium Nutt. var. gnaphalifolium Gandog.. .

Eriogonum longifolium var. gnaphalifolium
longleaf buckwheat

Distribution of Eriogonum longifolium Nutt. var. harperi (Goodman) Reveal. .

Eriogonum longifolium var. harperi
Harper's buckwheat

Distribution of Eriogonum longifolium Nutt. var. lindheimeri Gandog.. .

Eriogonum longifolium var. lindheimeri

Distribution of Eriogonum longifolium Nutt. var. longifolium. .

Eriogonum longifolium var. longifolium
longleaf buckwheat

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Eriogonum longifolium Nutt.

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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 longifolium Nutt. – longleaf buckwheat

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eriogonum longifolium Nutt.

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

United States:
Eriogonum longifolium var. gnaphalifolium
scrub buckwheat		Threatened
Florida:
Eriogonum floridanum [=ERLOG]
scrub buckwheat		Endangered
Tennessee:
Eriogonum longifolium var. harperi
Harper's umbrella-plant		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Eriogonum longifolium Nutt.

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 21186.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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

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