Polygonaceae
Red buckwheat
Eriogonum atrorubens
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Eriogonum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Red buckwheat
Synonyms
- Eriogonum atrorubens var. atrorubens
- Eriogonum atrorubens var. intonsum Reveal
- Eriogonum atrorubens var. pseudociliatum Reveal
- Pterogonum atrorubens (Engelm.) H.Gross
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Arturo Castro Castro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tereka Lasso, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Liliana Ramírez-Freire, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.