PLANTS Profile for Eriogonum ovalifolium (cushion buckwheat)

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PLANTS Profile

Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt.
cushion buckwheat

Symbol:

EROV

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt.

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Native Status:
Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC)

Related Taxa:
Eriogonum ovalifolium 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 ovalifolium Nutt. var. caelestinum Reveal. . Image Available.

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. caelestinum
cushion buckwheat

Distribution of Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. depressum Blank.. . Image Available.

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. depressum
cushion buckwheat

Distribution of Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. eximium (Tidestr.) J.T. Howell. . Image Available.

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. eximium
brownmargin buckwheat

Distribution of Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. nivale (Canby) M.E. Jones. . Image Available.

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale
cushion buckwheat

Distribution of Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. ochroleucum (Small ex Rydb.) M. Peck. .

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. ochroleucum
cushion buckwheat

Distribution of Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. ovalifolium. . Image Available.

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. ovalifolium
cushion buckwheat

Distribution of Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. pansum Reveal. .

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. pansum
cushion buckwheat

Distribution of Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. purpureum (Nutt.) Durand. . Image Available.

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. purpureum
cushion buckwheat

Distribution of Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. vineum (Small) Jeps.. . Image Available.

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. vineum
Cushenbury buckwheat

Distribution of Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. williamsiae Reveal. . Image Available.

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. williamsiae
Williams' buckwheat

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Eriogonum ovalifolium 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 ovalifolium Nutt. – cushion buckwheat

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt.

The related entities 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 ovalifolium var. vineum
Cushenbury buckwheat		Endangered
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. williamsiae
Steamboat buckwheat		Endangered
Nevada:
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. williamsiae
Steamboat buckwheat		Fully Protected

More Accounts and Images:
Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 21212.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

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

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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