Eriogonum covilleanum

Eastwood

Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 20: 138. 1931.

Common names: Coville wild buckwheat
Endemic
Synonyms: Eriogonum vimineum var. covilleanum (Eastwood) S. Stokes
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 419. Mentioned on page 414.

Herbs, erect, 1–4 dm, glabrous, green to reddish. Stems: aerial flowering stems erect, 0.3–1 dm, glabrous. Leaves basal; petiole 1–4(–5) cm, tomentose; blade suborbiculate to reniform, (0.3–)0.5–1.5 × 0.5–1.5(–1.8) cm, densely white-tomentose abaxially, glabrous and bright green adaxially. Inflorescences cymose, infrequently distally uniparous due to suppression of secondary branches, open, 5–35 × 5–30 cm; branches glabrous; bracts 1–2 × 0.5–1 mm. Peduncles absent. Involucres terminal at tips of slender branchlets proximally, not appressed to branches, turbinate, 2–2.5 × 1–1.5 mm, glabrous; teeth 5, erect, 0.4–0.8 mm. Flowers 2–2.5(–3) mm; perianth pink at early anthesis, becoming white to rose or yellow, minutely puberulent; tepals monomorphic, narrowly elliptic; stamens included, 1.7–2 mm; filaments glabrous. Achenes light brown, 3-gonous, 1.8–2 mm. 2n = 34.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Aug.
Habitat: Shale or serpentine outcrops and slopes, chaparral communities, oak and pine woodlands
Elevation: 200-1400 m

Discussion

Eriogonum covilleanum is encountered infrequently in the Inner Coast Ranges of central and southwestern California (Fresno, Kern, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, and Ventura counties). On occasion it can be locally common but is never abundant or weedy. It is often found growing with other annual wild buckwheats, and care must be taken to sort the species.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Eriogonum sect. Oregonium +
Coville wild buckwheat +
200-1400 m +
Shale or serpentine outcrops and slopes, chaparral communities, oak and pine woodlands +
Flowering Apr–Aug. +
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. +
Eriogonum vimineum var. covilleanum +
Eriogonum covilleanum +
Eriogonum subg. Oregonium +
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