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{{Short description|Genus of North American wild buckwheats}}
{{About|the North American plant known as ''wild buckwheat''|other plants which share the same common name|Wild buckwheat (disambiguation)}}
{{About|the North American plant known as ''wild buckwheat''|other plants which share the same common name|Wild buckwheat (disambiguation)}}
{{taxobox
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Eriogonum_compositum_5077.JPG
|image = Eriogonum_compositum_5077.JPG
|image_caption = ''[[Eriogonum compositum]]''
|image_caption = ''[[Eriogonum compositum]]''
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|taxon = Eriogonum
|regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|authority = [[André Michaux|Michx.]]
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
|unranked_ordo = [[Core eudicots]]
|ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
|familia = [[Polygonaceae]]
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|genus = '''''Eriogonum'''''
|genus_authority = [[Michx.]]
|subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
|subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
|subdivision = Over 250, see text
|subdivision = Over 250, see text
|}}
}}
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'''''Eriogonum''''' is the scientific name for a [[genus]] of [[flowering plants]], in the family [[Polygonaceae]]. The genus is found in [[North America]] and is known as '''wild buckwheat'''. This is a highly species-rich genus, and indications are that active [[speciation]] is continuing. It includes some common [[wildflowers]] such as the [[California buckwheat]] (''Eriogonum fasciculatum'').


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'''''Eriogonum''''' is a [[genus]] of flowering plants in the family [[Polygonaceae]]. The genus is found in [[North America]] and is known as '''wild buckwheat'''. This is a highly species-rich genus, and indications are that active [[speciation]] is continuing. It includes some common [[wildflowers]] such as the [[California buckwheat]] (''Eriogonum fasciculatum'').
It came into the news in 2005 when the [[Mount Diablo buckwheat]] (''Eriogonum truncatum'', believed to be extinct) was rediscovered.


The genus derived its name from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word ''erion'' meaning 'wool' and ''gonu'' meaning 'knee or joint'. The author of the genus, [[André Michaux|Michaux]], explained the name as describing the first named species of the genus (''E. tomentosum'') as a wooly plant with sharply bent stems (''"planta lanata, geniculata"'').<ref>[https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/405021 André Michaux. Flora boreali americana. 1803. volume 1. page 247], Biodiversitylibrary.org</ref> Despite sharing the common name "buckwheat", ''Eriogonum'' is part of a different genus than the cultivated European [[buckwheat]] and than other plant species also called [[Wild buckwheat (disambiguation)|wild buckwheat]].
==Importance for Lepidoptera==

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''Eriogonum'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] (butterflies and moths). Several of these are [[phagy|monophagous]], meaning their [[caterpillar]]s only feed on this genus, sometimes just on a single [[taxon]] of ''Eriogonum''. Wild buckwheat flowers are also an important source of food for these and other Lepidoptera. In some cases, the relationship is so close that ''Eriogonum'' and dependent Lepidoptera are in danger of [[coextinction]].
It came into the news in 2005 when the [[Mount Diablo buckwheat]] (''Eriogonum truncatum'', believed to be extinct) was rediscovered.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/05/24_buckwheat.shtml |title=05.24.2005 – Dainty pink Mt. Diablo buckwheat rediscovered |website=Berkeley.edu|access-date = 2016-03-29}}</ref>

==Ecology==
{{More citations needed section|date=June 2021}}
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''Eriogonum'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] (butterflies and moths). An example of a butterfly that uses this plant for food is the ''[[Lycaena heteronea]]''. Several of these are [[phagy|monophagous]], meaning their [[caterpillar]]s only feed on this genus, sometimes just on a single [[taxon]] of ''Eriogonum''. Wild buckwheat flowers are also an important source of food for these and other Lepidoptera. In some cases, the relationship is so close that ''Eriogonum'' and dependent Lepidoptera are in danger of [[coextinction]].


Monophagous Lepidoptera on wild buckwheat include:
Monophagous Lepidoptera on wild buckwheat include:
* ''[[Apodemia mormo]]'' (Mormon metalmark) - feeds exclusively on ''Eriogonum''
* ''[[Apodemia mormo]]'' (Mormon metalmark) – feeds exclusively on ''Eriogonum''
** ''[[Apodemia mormo langei]]'' (Lange's metalmark) - only known from ''Eriogonum nudum'' ssp. ''auriculatum''
** ''[[Apodemia mormo langei]]'' (Lange's metalmark) – only known from ''Eriogonum nudum'' ssp. ''auriculatum''
* ''[[Chionodes dammersi]]'' - feeds exclusively on ''Eriogonum''
* ''[[Chionodes dammersi]]'' – feeds exclusively on ''Eriogonum''
* ''[[Chionodes luteogeminatus]]'' - only known from ''Eriogonum niveum''
* ''[[Chionodes luteogeminatus]]'' – only known from ''Eriogonum niveum''
* ''Euphilotes enoptes smithi'' ([[Smith's blue butterfly]]) - only known from ''Eriogonum latifolium'' and ''Eriogonum parvifolium''
* ''Euphilotes enoptes smithi'' ([[Smith's blue butterfly]]) – only known from ''Eriogonum latifolium'' and ''Eriogonum parvifolium''
* ''Euphilotes battoides allyni'' ([[El Segundo blue butterfly]]) - only known from ''Eriogonum parvifolium''
Additionally, bees of the [[sagebrush steppe]] rely on the nectar of desert buckwheats, and birds and rodents eat the seeds.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Taylor|first=Ronald J.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25708726|title=Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary|publisher=Mountain Press Pub. Co|year=1994|isbn=0-87842-280-3|edition=rev.|location=Missoula, MT|pages=28|language=en|oclc=25708726|orig-year=1992}}</ref>

==Uses==
Some varieties of eriogonum, such as [[California buckwheat]] were and still are used as medicinal and food crops by Native American tribes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cabrillo.edu/~crsmith/OhloneMed.html |title=Ohlone Medicine |access-date=2018-09-13 |archive-date=2018-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826200634/http://www.cabrillo.edu/~crsmith/OhloneMed.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://arboretum.ucsc.edu/pdfs/ethnobotany-webversion.pdf|title=Plant Uses: California : Native American Uses of California Plants - Ethnobotany|website=Arboretum.ucsc.edu|access-date=19 March 2022}}</ref>


==Selected species==
==Selected species==
[[image:Eriogonum hirtellum 2.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum hirtellum]]'']]
[[image:Eriogonum hirtellum 2.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum hirtellum]]'']]
[[image:Eriogonum ursinum 3.jpg|thumb|right|[[Talus buckwheat]]<br/>''[[Eriogonum ursinum]]'']]
[[image:Eriogonum ursinum 3.jpg|thumb|right|[[Talus buckwheat]]<br />''[[Eriogonum ursinum]]'']]
[[image:Eriogonum wrightii var subscaposum 1.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum wrightii]]'' var. ''subscaposum'']]
[[image:Eriogonum wrightii var subscaposum 1.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum wrightii]]'' var. ''subscaposum'']]
* ''[[Eriogonum alatum]]'' - winged buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum abertianum]]'' – Abert's buckwheat
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* ''[[Eriogonum alatum]]'' – winged buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum alexanderae]]''<ref name=grady>Grady, B. R. and J. L. Reveal. (2011). [http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2011/f/pt00024p038.pdf New combinations and a new species of ''Eriogonum'' (Polygonaceae: Eriogonoideae) from the Great Basin Desert, United States.] ''Phytotaxa'' 24 33-38.</ref>
* ''[[Eriogonum alexanderae]]''<ref name=grady>Grady, B. R. and J. L. Reveal. (2011). [http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2011/f/pt00024p038.pdf New combinations and a new species of ''Eriogonum'' (Polygonaceae: Eriogonoideae) from the Great Basin Desert, United States.] ''Phytotaxa'' 24 33–38.</ref>
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* ''[[Eriogonum alpinum]]'' - trinity buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum ampullaceum]]'' - mono buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum aliquantum]]'' – Cimarron buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum androsaceum]]'' - rock-jasmine buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum alpinum]]'' – trinity buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum angulosum]]'' - anglestem buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum ampullaceum]]'' – mono buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum apiculatum]]'' - San Jacinto buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum androsaceum]]'' – rock-jasmine buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum apricum]]'' - Ione buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum angulosum]]'' – anglestem buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum arborescens]]'' - Santa Cruz Island buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum apiculatum]]'' – San Jacinto buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum argillosum]]'' - clay buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum apricum]]'' – Ione buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum argophyllum]]'' - Sulphur Hot Springs buckwheat, Ruby Valley buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum arborescens]]'' – Santa Cruz Island buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum baileyi]]'' - Bailey's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum argillosum]]'' – clay buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum brachyanthum]]'' - shortflower buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum argophyllum]]'' – Sulphur Hot Springs buckwheat, Ruby Valley buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum brachypodum]]'' - Parry's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum baileyi]]'' – Bailey's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum brandegeei]]'' - Brandegee's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum brachyanthum]]'' – shortflower buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum breedlovei]]'' - Paiute buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum brachypodum]]'' – Parry's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum butterworthianum]]'' - Butterworth's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum brandegeei]]'' – Brandegee's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum caespitosum]]'' - matted buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum breedlovei]]'' – Paiute buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum brevicaule]]'' – shortstem buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum butterworthianum]]'' – Butterworth's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum caespitosum]]'' – matted buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum calcareum]]''<ref name=grady/>
* ''[[Eriogonum calcareum]]''<ref name=grady/>
* ''[[Eriogonum callistum]]'' - Tehachapi buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum callistum]]'' – Tehachapi buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum cedrorum]]'' - The Cedars buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum cedrorum]]'' – The Cedars buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum cernuum]]'' - nodding buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum cernuum]]'' – nodding buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum cinereum]]'' - ashyleaf buckwheat, coastal buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum cinereum]]'' – ashyleaf buckwheat, coastal buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum cithariforme]]'' - Cithara buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum cithariforme]]'' – Cithara buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum codium]]'' - basalt desert buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum codium]]'' – basalt desert buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum coloradense]]'' - Colorado buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum coloradense]]'' – Colorado buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum compositum]]'' - arrowleaf buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum compositum]]'' – arrowleaf buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum congdonii]]'' - Congdon's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum congdonii]]'' – Congdon's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum contiguum]]'' - Reveal's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum contiguum]]'' – Reveal's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum corymbosum]]'' - crispleaf buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum corymbosum]]'' – crispleaf buckwheat
** ''[[Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii]]'' - Nile's wild buckwheat, Las Vegas buckwheat
** ''[[Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii]]'' – Nile's wild buckwheat, Las Vegas buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum covilleanum]]'' - Coville's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum covilleanum]]'' – Coville's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum crocatum]]'' - conejo buckwheat or saffron buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum crocatum]]'' – conejo buckwheat or saffron buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum crosbyae]]'' - Crosby's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum crosbyae]]'' – Crosby's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum cusickii]]'' - Cusick's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum cusickii]]'' – Cusick's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum dasyanthemum]]'' - chaparral buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum dasyanthemum]]'' – chaparral buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum davidsonii]]'' - Davidson's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum davidsonii]]'' – Davidson's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum deflexum]]'' - flatcrown buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum deflexum]]'' – flatcrown buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum deserticola]]'' - Colorado Desert buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum deserticola]]'' – Colorado Desert buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum diatomaceum]]'' - Churchill Narrows buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum diatomaceum]]'' – Churchill Narrows buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum diclinum]]'' - Jaynes Canyon buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum diclinum]]'' – Jaynes Canyon buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum domitum]]''<ref name=grady/>
* ''[[Eriogonum domitum]]''<ref name=grady/>
* ''[[Eriogonum douglasii]]'' - Douglas buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum douglasii]]'' – Douglas buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum elatum]]'' - tall woolly buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum elatum]]'' – tall woolly buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum eremicola]]'' - Telescope Peak buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum encelioides]]'' – Encelia buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum evanidum]]'' - vanishing wild buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum eremicola]]'' – Telescope Peak buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum exilifolium]]'' - dropleaf buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum evanidum]]'' – vanishing wild buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum fasciculatum]]'' - California buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum exilifolium]]'' – dropleaf buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum flavum]]'' - yellow buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum fasciculatum]]'' – California buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum giganteum]]'' - Saint Catherine's lace
* ''[[Eriogonum flavum]]'' – yellow buckwheat
** ''Eriogonum giganteum'' var. ''compactum'' - Santa Barbara Island buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum giganteum]]'' – Saint Catherine's lace
* ''[[Eriogonum gilmanii]]'' - Gilman's buckwheat
** ''Eriogonum giganteum'' var. ''compactum'' – Santa Barbara Island buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum gilmanii]]'' – Gilman's buckwheat
[[File:Eriogonum thymoides 9256.JPG|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum thymoides]]'']]
[[File:Eriogonum thymoides 9256.JPG|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum thymoides]]'']]
* ''[[Eriogonum gossypinum]]'' - cottony buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum gossypinum]]'' – cottony buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum gracile]]'' - slender woolly buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum gracile]]'' – slender woolly buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum gracilipes]]'' - White Mountain buckwheat, raspberry buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum gracilipes]]'' – White Mountain buckwheat, raspberry buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum gracillimum]]'' - rose and white buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum gracillimum]]'' – rose and white buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum grande]]'' - redflower buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum grande]]'' – redflower buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum gypsophilum]]'' - gypsum wild buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum gypsophilum]]'' – gypsum wild buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum heermannii]]'' - Heermann's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum heermannii]]'' – Heermann's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum heracleoides]]'' - parsnip-flower Buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum helichrysoides]]'' – Strawflower wild buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum hirtellum]]'' - Klamath Mountain Buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum heracleoides]]'' – parsnip-flower Buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum hoffmannii]]'' - Hoffmann's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum hirtellum]]'' – Klamath Mountain Buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum hookeri]]'' - Hooker's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum hoffmannii]]'' – Hoffmann's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum incanum]]'' - frosted buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum hookeri]]'' – Hooker's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum inflatum]]'' - desert trumpet, bladderstem, Indian pipe-weed
* ''[[Eriogonum incanum]]'' – frosted buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum intrafractum]]'' - napkinring, jointed buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum inflatum]]'' – desert trumpet, bladderstem, Indian pipe-weed
* ''[[Eriogonum jamesii]]'' - James' buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum intrafractum]]'' – napkinring, jointed buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum kelloggii]]'' - red mountain buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum jamesii]]'' – James' buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum kelloggii]]'' – red mountain buckwheat
[[File:Eriogonum nidularium 5.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum nidularium]]'']]
[[File:Eriogonum nidularium 5.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum nidularium]]'']]
* ''[[Eriogonum kennedyi]]'' - Kennedy's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum kennedyi]]'' – Kennedy's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum latens]]'' - Inyo buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum latens]]'' – Inyo buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum latifolium]]'' - seaside buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum latifolium]]'' – seaside buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum libertini]]'' - Dubakella Mountain buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum libertini]]'' – Dubakella Mountain buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum lobbii]]'' - Lobb's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum lobbii]]'' – Lobb's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum longifolium]]'' - longleaf buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum longifolium]]'' – longleaf buckwheat
** ''[[Eriogonum longifolium var. harperi]]'' - Harper's umbrella plant or Harper's buckwheat
** ''[[Eriogonum longifolium var. harperi]]'' – Harper's umbrella plant or Harper's buckwheat
** ''[[Eriogonum longifolium var. gnaphalifolium]]'' - scrub buckwheat or long-leaf wild Buckwheat
** ''[[Eriogonum longifolium var. gnaphalifolium]]'' – scrub buckwheat or long-leaf wild Buckwheat
** ''[[Eriogonum longifolium]]'' var. ''longifolium'' - longleaf buckwheat
** ''[[Eriogonum longifolium]]'' var. ''longifolium'' – longleaf buckwheat
** ''[[Eriogonum longifolium var. lindheimeri]]'' - Lindheimer's long-leaf ''Eriogonum'' or Lindheimer's buckwheat
** ''[[Eriogonum longifolium var. lindheimeri]]'' – Lindheimer's long-leaf ''Eriogonum'' or Lindheimer's buckwheat
[[File:Eriogonum inflatum 4.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum inflatum]]'']]
[[File:Eriogonum inflatum 4.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum inflatum]]'']]
* ''[[Eriogonum luteolum]]'' - goldencarpet buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum luteolum]]'' – goldencarpet buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum maculatum]]'' - spotted buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum maculatum]]'' – spotted buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum marifolium]]'' - marumleaf buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum marifolium]]'' – marumleaf buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum microthecum]]'' - slender buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum microthecum]]'' – slender buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum mohavense]]'' - Western Mojave buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum mohavense]]'' – Western Mojave buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum molestum]]'' - pineland buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum molestum]]'' – pineland buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum nervulosum]]'' - Snow Mountain buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum nervulosum]]'' – Snow Mountain buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum nidularium]]'' - birdnest buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum nidularium]]'' – birdnest buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum niveum]]'' - snow buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum niveum]]'' – snow buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum nortonii]]'' - pinnacles buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum nortonii]]'' – pinnacles buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum nudum]]'' - naked buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum nudum]]'' – naked buckwheat
** ''Eriogonum nudum'' ssp. ''auriculatum''
** ''Eriogonum nudum'' ssp. ''auriculatum''
[[File:Eriogonum heermannii var sulcatum 11.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum heermannii]]'']]
[[File:Eriogonum heermannii var sulcatum 11.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum heermannii]]'']]
* ''[[Eriogonum nummulare]]'' - Kearney buckwheat, money buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum nummulare]]'' – Kearney buckwheat, money buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum ochrocephalum]]'' - whitewoolly buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum ochrocephalum]]'' – whitewoolly buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum ovalifolium]]'' - cushion buckwheat, oval-leaf buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum ovalifolium]]'' – cushion buckwheat, oval-leaf buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum palmerianum]]'' - Palmer's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum palmerianum]]'' – Palmer's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum panamintense]]'' - Panamint Mountain buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum panamintense]]'' – Panamint Mountain buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum parishii]]'' - mountainmist
* ''[[Eriogonum parishii]]'' – mountainmist
* ''[[Eriogonum parvifolium]]'' - coast buckwheat, dune buckwheat or cliff buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum parvifolium]]'' – coast buckwheat, dune buckwheat or cliff buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum pauciflorum]]'' - Fewflower buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum pauciflorum]]'' – Fewflower buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum pelinophilum]]'' - clay-loving wild buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum pelinophilum]]'' – clay-loving wild buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum pendulum]]'' - waldo buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum pendulum]]'' – waldo buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum plumatella]]'' - yucca buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum plumatella]]'' – yucca buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum prattenianum]]'' - Nevada City buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum prattenianum]]'' – Nevada City buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum prociduum]]'' - prostrate buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum prociduum]]'' – prostrate buckwheat
[[File:Eriogonum crocatum.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum crocatum]]'']]
[[File:Eriogonum crocatum.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum crocatum]]'']]
* ''[[Eriogonum pusillum]]'' - yellowturbans
* ''[[Eriogonum pusillum]]'' – yellowturbans
* ''[[Eriogonum pyrolifolium]]'' - pyrola-leaved buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum pyrolifolium]]'' – pyrola-leaved buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum reniforme]]'' - kidneyleaf buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum reniforme]]'' – kidneyleaf buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum rixfordii]]'' - pagoda buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum rixfordii]]'' – pagoda buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum rosense]]'' - rosy buckwheat, mountain rose buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum rosense]]'' – rosy buckwheat, mountain rose buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum roseum]]'' - wand buckwheat
** ''[[Eriogonum rosense var. beatleyae]]'' – Beatley's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum salicornioides]]'' - glasswort buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum roseum]]'' – wand buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum saxatile]]'' - hoary buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum salicornioides]]'' – glasswort buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum shockleyi]]'' - cowpie buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum saxatile]]'' – hoary buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum shockleyi]]'' – cowpie buckwheat
[[File:Eriogonumbaileyi.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum baileyi]]'']]
[[File:Eriogonumbaileyi.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum baileyi]]'']]
* ''[[Eriogonum siskiyouense]]'' - Siskiyou buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum siskiyouense]]'' – Siskiyou buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum soredium]]'' - Frisco buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum soredium]]'' – Frisco buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum spectabile]]'' - Barron's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum spectabile]]'' – Barron's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum spergulinum]]'' - spurry buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum spergulinum]]'' – spurry buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum sphaerocephalum]]'' - rock buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum sphaerocephalum]]'' – rock buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum strictum]]'' - blue mountain buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum strictum]]'' – blue mountain buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum ternatum]]'' - ternate buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum ternatum]]'' – ternate buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum thomasii]]'' - Thomas' buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum tiehmii]]'' – Tiehm's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum thurberi]]'' - Thurber's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum thomasii]]'' – Thomas' buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum thymoides]]'' - thymeleaf buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum thurberi]]'' – Thurber's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum tomentosum]]'' - dogtongue wild buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum thymoides]]'' – thymeleaf buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum trichopes]]'' - little desert trumpet
* ''[[Eriogonum tomentosum]]'' – dogtongue wild buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum trichopes]]'' – little desert trumpet
[[File:Eriogonumspergulinum.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum spergulinum]]'']]
[[File:Eriogonumspergulinum.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum spergulinum]]'']]
[[File:Eriogonum_umbellatum_4663.JPG|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum umbellatum]]'']]
[[File:Eriogonum umbellatum 4663.JPG|thumb|right|''[[Eriogonum umbellatum]]'']]
* ''[[Eriogonum tripodum]]'' - tripod buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum tripodum]]'' – tripod buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum truncatum]]'' - Mount Diablo buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum truncatum]]'' – Mount Diablo buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum umbellatum]]'' - sulphurflower buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum umbellatum]]'' – sulphurflower buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum ursinum]]'' - talus buckwheat, Bear Valley buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum ursinum]]'' – talus buckwheat, Bear Valley buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum vimineum]]'' - wickerstem buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum vimineum]]'' – wickerstem buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum viridescens]]'' - twotooth buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum viridescens]]'' – twotooth buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum visheri]]'' - Dakota wild buckwheat, Visher's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum visheri]]'' – Dakota wild buckwheat, Visher's buckwheat
* ''[[Eriogonum wrightii]]'' - bastardsage
* ''[[Eriogonum wrightii]]'' – bastardsage
* ''[[Eriogonum zapatoense]]''
* ''[[Eriogonum zapatoense]]''
* ''[[Eriogonum zionis]]'' – Zion buckwheat


==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=11209 Genus treatment in the ''Jepson Manual'']
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* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5936,5994 genus treatment in the ''Jepson Manual'']
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=112045 Eriogonum in the ''Flora of North America'']
* [http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/05/24_buckwheat.shtml Mt. Diablo buckwheat rediscovered]
* [http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/05/24_buckwheat.shtml Mt. Diablo buckwheat rediscovered]

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This article is about the North American plant known as wild buckwheat. For other plants which share the same common name, see Wild buckwheat (disambiguation).

Eriogonum
Eriogonum compositum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Subfamily: Eriogonoideae
Genus: Eriogonum
Michx.
Species

Over 250, see text

Eriogonum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae. The genus is found in North America and is known as wild buckwheat. This is a highly species-rich genus, and indications are that active speciation is continuing. It includes some common wildflowers such as the California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum).

The genus derived its name from the Greek word erion meaning 'wool' and gonu meaning 'knee or joint'. The author of the genus, Michaux, explained the name as describing the first named species of the genus (E. tomentosum) as a wooly plant with sharply bent stems ("planta lanata, geniculata").[1] Despite sharing the common name "buckwheat", Eriogonum is part of a different genus than the cultivated European buckwheat and than other plant species also called wild buckwheat.

It came into the news in 2005 when the Mount Diablo buckwheat (Eriogonum truncatum, believed to be extinct) was rediscovered.[2]

Ecology

Eriogonum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). An example of a butterfly that uses this plant for food is the Lycaena heteronea. Several of these are monophagous, meaning their caterpillars only feed on this genus, sometimes just on a single taxon of Eriogonum. Wild buckwheat flowers are also an important source of food for these and other Lepidoptera. In some cases, the relationship is so close that Eriogonum and dependent Lepidoptera are in danger of coextinction.

Monophagous Lepidoptera on wild buckwheat include:

Additionally, bees of the sagebrush steppe rely on the nectar of desert buckwheats, and birds and rodents eat the seeds.[3]

Uses

Some varieties of eriogonum, such as California buckwheat were and still are used as medicinal and food crops by Native American tribes.[4][5]

Selected species

Eriogonum hirtellum
Talus buckwheat
Eriogonum ursinum
Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum
Eriogonum thymoides
Eriogonum nidularium
Eriogonum inflatum
Eriogonum heermannii
Eriogonum crocatum
Eriogonum baileyi
Eriogonum spergulinum
Eriogonum umbellatum

References

  1. ^ André Michaux. Flora boreali americana. 1803. volume 1. page 247, Biodiversitylibrary.org
  2. ^ "05.24.2005 – Dainty pink Mt. Diablo buckwheat rediscovered". Berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  3. ^ Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 28. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.
  4. ^ "Ohlone Medicine". Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  5. ^ "Plant Uses: California : Native American Uses of California Plants - Ethnobotany" (PDF). Arboretum.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Grady, B. R. and J. L. Reveal. (2011). New combinations and a new species of Eriogonum (Polygonaceae: Eriogonoideae) from the Great Basin Desert, United States. Phytotaxa 24 33–38.

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