PLANTS Profile for Eriogonum chrysops (bitterroot buckwheat)

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PLANTS Profile

Eriogonum chrysops Rydb.
bitterroot buckwheat

Symbol:

ERCH6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Eriogonum chrysops Rydb.

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Synonyms:
Eriogonum chrysops Rydb.

EROVC3

Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. ssp. chrysops (Rydb.) S. Stokes ex M. Peck

Distribution:
Eriogonum chrysops Rydb.


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USA (OR)

Related Taxa:
Eriogonum chrysops Rydb.

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 230 species in Eriogonum

Classification:
Eriogonum chrysops Rydb.

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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 chrysops Rydb. – bitterroot buckwheat

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eriogonum chrysops Rydb.

This plant is 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.

Oregon:
golden buckwheat		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Eriogonum chrysops Rydb.

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 21091.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 02:40 PM CDT