familyPolygonaceae
subfamilyPolygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae
genusEriogonum
subgenusEriogonum subg. Eucycla
speciesEriogonum wrightii
Eriogonum wrightii var. wrightii
Common names: Wright’s bastard-sage
Illustrated
Synonyms: Eriogonum trachygonum subsp. glomerulum S. Stokes Eriogonum trachygonum subsp. helianthemifolium (Bentham) S. Stokes Eriogonum wrightii subsp. glomerulum (S. Stokes) S. Stokes Eriogonum wrightii subsp. helianthemifolium (Bentham) S. Stokes
Subshrubs or shrubs, (1–)1.5–5(–7.5) × 1–12(–18) dm, mostly tomentose. Leaf blade oblanceolate to elliptic, 0.5–1.5 × 0.2–0.5(–0.7) cm, margins usually plane. Inflorescences virgate or cymose; branches slender. Involucres 2–2.5 mm. Flowers 2.5–3.5 mm; perianth white to pink or rose. Achenes 2.5–3 mm.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Gravelly to rocky (often calcareous) slopes, mixed grassland, saltbush, blackbrush, creosote bush, and mesquite communities, oak or pinyon and/or juniper woodlands
Elevation: (300-)900-2200 m
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., Nev., N.Mex., Tex., Utah, Mexico (Chuhuahua, Coahuila, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Zacatecas).
Discussion
Variety wrightii is remarkably homogeneous throughout its extensive range in Arizona, southeastern California, southern Nevada, New Mexico, western Texas, and southeastern Utah. It is occasionally found in cultivation.
D. E. Moerman (1986) indicated that this variety was used by the Navajo-Keyenta as an emetic.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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Wright’s bastard-sage +
Gravelly to rocky (often calcareous) slopes, mixed grassland, saltbush, blackbrush, creosote bush, and mesquite communities, oak or pinyon and/or juniper woodlands +
Present +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
1856 +
Illustrated +
Eriogonum wrightii var. wrightii +
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