familyPolygonaceae
subfamilyPolygonaceae subfam. Eriogonoideae
genusEriogonum
subgenusEriogonum subg. Eucycla
speciesEriogonum brevicaule
Eriogonum brevicaule var. brevicaule
Common names: Short-stem wild buckwheat
Synonyms: Eriogonum brevicaule subsp. grangerense (M. E. Jones) S. Stokes Eriogonum brevicaule var. wasatchense unknown Eriogonum campanulatum M. E. Jones Eriogonum grangerense unknown Eriogonum wasatchense unknown
Plants erect, (0.8–)1.5–4(–5) × 2–5(–8) dm. Aerial flowering stems erect, 1–2.5 dm, glabrous. Leaves: blade linear to oblanceolate, 3–10 × 0.1–0.7 cm, tomentose abaxially, less so to thinly floccose and green adaxially, margins plane. Inflorescences cymose, usually divided 3 or more times, (3–)5–25 cm; branches glabrous. Involucres 1 per node, turbinate to turbinate-campanulate, 2–4 × (1–)1.5–2.5(–3) mm, glabrous. Flowers (2–)2.5–3 mm; perianth yellow, rarely white or cream, glabrous.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Sandy to clayey flats, washes and slopes, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities, juniper or montane conifer woodlands
Elevation: 1400-3000 m
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Sandy to clayey flats, washes and slopes, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities, juniper or montane conifer woodlands
Elevation: 1400-3000 m
Distribution

Colo., Idaho, Nebr., S.Dak., Utah, Wyo.
Discussion
Variety brevicaule is widely scattered in northwestern and north-central Colorado, southeastern Idaho, western Nebraska, southwestern South Dakota, northern Utah, and Wyoming. Plants with white or cream-colored perianths occur in southwestern Wyoming and have been called var. grangerense. Hybrids involving </i>var.<i> brevicaule and E. corymbosum var. corymbosum are known from southwestern Wyoming.
References
None.
Lower Taxa
No lower taxa listed.
Facts about "Eriogonum brevicaule var. brevicaule"
Author | James L. Reveal + |
Authority | unknown + |
Basionyms | Undefined subg. Eucycla + |
Common name | Short-stem wild buckwheat + |
Distribution | Colo. +, Idaho +, Nebr. +, S.Dak. +, Utah + and Wyo. + |
Elevation | 1400-3000 m + |
Habitat | Sandy to clayey flats, washes and slopes, mixed grassland and sagebrush communities, juniper or montane conifer woodlands + |
Illustrator | Bee F. Gunn + |
Phenology | Flowering Jun–Sep. + |
Publication title | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia + |
Publication year | 1848 + |
Reference | None + |
Source xml | https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse grained fna xml/V5/V5 500.xml + |
Synonyms | Eriogonum brevicaule subsp. grangerense +, Eriogonum brevicaule var. wasatchense +, Eriogonum campanulatum +, Eriogonum grangerense + and Eriogonum wasatchense + |
Taxon family | Polygonaceae + |
Taxon name | Eriogonum brevicaule var. brevicaule + |
Taxon parent | Eriogonum brevicaule + |
Taxon rank | variety + |
Volume | Volume 5 + |