Eriogonum pauciflorum Pursh is a plant in the Polygonaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Eriogonum pauciflorum Pursh

Eriogonum pauciflorum Pursh

Eriogonum pauciflorum Pursh, or few-flowered buckwheat, is a short matted grey-leaved buckwheat found in central North America.

Family
Genus
Eriogonum
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Eriogonum pauciflorum Pursh

Eriogonum pauciflorum Pursh, commonly called few-flowered buckwheat, is a low-growing matted buckwheat species that has grey leaves. This plant is found in southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan in Canada, and in the United States it occurs in northeastern Colorado, Montana, western Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

Photo: (c) Austin Saunders, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Austin Saunders · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Polygonaceae Eriogonum

More from Polygonaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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