Biology:Eriogonum alpinum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Eriogonum |
| Species: | E. alpinum
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| Eriogonum alpinum Engelm.
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Eriogonum alpinum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Trinity buckwheat.[1][2]
Description
Eriogonum alpinum is a perennial herb growing in mats, no more than 15 centimetres (5.9 in) wide and 8 centimetres (3.1 in) tall. The woolly greenish leaves are rounded and one to three centimeters long.[1]
The plant produces an erect inflorescence of bright yellow to pinkish flowers, each under a centimeter wide.[1]
The fruit is an achene about half a centimeter long.[1]
Taxonomy
In 1882 George Engelmann scientifically described a new speices in the Eriogonum genus which he named Eriogonum alpinum. Alongside the rest of its genus it is part of the Polygonaceae family and has no botanical synonyms.[3]
Distribution and habitat
This rare plant is endemic to northern California.[2] It is known from only about ten occurrences in the Mount Eddy and Cory Peak areas of the Trinity Mountains, within the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in southern Siskiyou County and northwestern Trinity County.[2]
It grows in rocky serpentine soils at elevations of 2,185–2,900 metres (7,169–9,514 ft), in subalpine coniferous forest, upper montane coniferous forest, and alpine fell-field habitats.[2] The Trinity Mountains are a range of the Klamath Mountains System.
Conservation
This species is a California Department of Fish and Wildlife listed and a California Native Plant Society listed endangered species.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jepson eFlora: Eriogonum alpinum
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Calflora: Eriogonum alpinum
- ↑ POWO (2026). "Eriogonum alpinum Engelm." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/329757-2.
- ↑ California Native Plant Society, Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02): Eriogonum alpinum . accessed 21 September 2016.
External links
- Calflora Database: Eriogonum alpinum (Trinity buckwheat)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Eriogonum alpinum
- UC CalPhotos gallery of Eriogonum alpinum (Trinity buckwheat) images
Wikidata ☰ Q5389336 entry
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