Polygonaceae
Parry's buckwheat
Eriogonum brachypodum
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Eriogonum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Parry's buckwheat
Synonyms
- Eriogonum deflexum subsp. brachypodum (Torr. & A.Gray) S.Stokes
- Eriogonum deflexum subsp. parryi S.Stokes
- Eriogonum deflexum var. brachypodum (Torr. & A.Gray) Munz
- Eriogonum parryi A.Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 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.