A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
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Polygonaceae » Eriogonum heracleoides
Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt.[FNA5, HC, HC2]
bractless parsnip-flowered wild buckwheat, parsnip-flowered buckwheat, parsnip-flowered eriogonum
Publication: J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. 7: 49, plate 7. 1834.
Origin: Native
Herbarium search: CPNWH
Notes: FNA5: "Variety heracleoides is widespread and usually common. It is highly variable. Narrow-leaved populations of southern British Columbia, northern Washington, Idaho, and northwestern Montana occasionally are segregated as var. angustifolium, but plants in southeastern Oregon and northeastern Nevada can have narrower leaves during years of limited precipitation, and the same condition is found in scattered populations elsewhere. Plants found farther to the east consistently have broader leaves. This expression of the species is most frequently seen in cultivation."
Last updated 5/15/2023 by David Giblin.
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Eriogonum angustifolium Nutt.
Eriogonum caespitosum Nutt. ssp. ramosum (Piper) S. Stokes
Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt. var. angustifolium (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray[HC]
Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt. var. heracleoides[FNA5, HC]
Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt. var. leucophaeum Reveal[FNA5]
Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt. var. minus Benth.[HC]
