Polygonaceae
Flatcrown buckwheat
Eriogonum deflexum
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Eriogonum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Flatcrown buckwheat, Ladder buckwheat
Synonyms
- Eriogonum clutei Rydb.
- Eriogonum deflexum f. stenopetala H.Gross
- Eriogonum deflexum subsp. deflexum
- Eriogonum deflexum subsp. insigne (S.Watson) S.Stokes
- Eriogonum deflexum var. deflexum
- Eriogonum deflexum var. insigne (S.Watson) M.E.Jones
- Eriogonum deflexum var. rectum Reveal
- Eriogonum deflexum var. turbinatum (Small) Reveal
- Eriogonum insigne S.Watson
- Eriogonum turbinatum Small
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.