Polygonaceae
Parsnipflower buckwheat
Eriogonum heracleoides
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Eriogonum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Parsnipflower buckwheat
Synonyms
- Eriogonum angustifolium Nutt.
- Eriogonum gyrophyllum Nutt.
- Eriogonum heracleoides subsp. angustifolium (Nutt.) Piper
- Eriogonum heracleoides var. angustifolium (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides
- Eriogonum heracleoides var. micranthum Gand.
- Eriogonum heracleoides var. minus Benth.
- Eriogonum heracleoides var. multiceps Gand.
- Eriogonum heracleoides var. rydbergii Gand.
- Eriogonum heracleoides var. viride Gand.
- Eriogonum umbellatum Benth.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.