PLANTS Profile for Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum (Shasta buckwheat)

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Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook. var. coryphaeum Torr. & A. Gray
Shasta buckwheat

Symbol:

ERPYC

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook. var. coryphaeum Torr. & A. Gray

©Susan McDougall. Trees Live Here. United States, WA, Mount Adams, Hellroaring Overlook Trail. August 7, 2004. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook. var. coryphaeum Torr. & A. Gray

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Synonyms:
Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook. var. coryphaeum Torr. & A. Gray

ERPYB

Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook. var. bellingerianum M. Peck

Distribution:
Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook. var. coryphaeum Torr. & A. Gray


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USA (CA, ID, MT, OR, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook. var. coryphaeum Torr. & A. Gray

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 230 species in Eriogonum, 2 varieties in Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook.

Classification:
Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook. var. coryphaeum 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 pyrolifolium Hook. – Shasta buckwheat
Variety	Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook. var. coryphaeum Torr. & A. Gray – Shasta buckwheat

More Accounts and Images:
Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook. var. coryphaeum 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 195574.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 07:00 AM CDT