Polygonaceae
Bailey's buckwheat
Eriogonum baileyi
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Eriogonum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bailey's buckwheat
Synonyms
- Eriogonum baileyi var. baileyi
- Eriogonum baileyi var. porphyreticum S.Stokes ex M.E.Jones
- Eriogonum restioides Gand.
- Eriogonum vimineum subsp. baileyi (S.Watson) S.Stokes
- Eriogonum vimineum var. baileyi (S.Watson) R.J.Davis
- Eriogonum vimineum var. multiradiatum S.Stokes
- Eriogonum vimineum var. porphyreticum (S.Stokes ex M.E.Jones) S.Stokes
- Eriogonum vimineum var. restioides (Gand.) S.Stokes
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mark Pollock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Aaron H, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Cowles, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.