Spearleaf buckwheat

Common names

Synonyms

• Eriogonum ainsliei Wooton & Standl.
• Eriogonum corymbosum var. humivagans (Reveal) S.L.Welsh
• Eriogonum effusum subsp. ainsliei (Standl.) S.Stokes
• Eriogonum effusum subsp. fendlerianum (Benth.) S.Stokes
• Eriogonum effusum subsp. salicinum S.Stokes
• Eriogonum effusum var. fendlerianum (Benth.) S.Stokes
• Eriogonum effusum var. nudicaule Torr.
• Eriogonum fendlerianum Small
• Eriogonum humivagans Reveal
• Eriogonum intermontanum Reveal
• Eriogonum lonchophyllum var. fendlerianum (Benth.) Reveal
• Eriogonum lonchophyllum var. humivagans (Reveal) Reveal
• Eriogonum lonchophyllum var. intermontanum (Reveal) Reveal
• Eriogonum lonchophyllum var. nudicaule (Torr.) Reveal
• Eriogonum lonchophyllum var. saurinum (Reveal) S.L.Welsh
• Eriogonum microthecum subsp. sarothriforme Gand.
• Eriogonum microthecum var. fendlerianum Benth.
• Eriogonum nudicaule Small
• Eriogonum nudicaule subsp. angustum (M.E.Jones) S.Stokes
• Eriogonum nudicaule subsp. scoparium S.Stokes
• Eriogonum nudicaule subsp. tristichum S.Stokes
• Eriogonum salicinum Greene
• Eriogonum sarothriforme Gand.
• Eriogonum saurinum Reveal
• Eriogonum scoparium Small
• Eriogonum tristichum Small

Characteristics

Growth habit

Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub

Lifespan

Perennial

In the US and Canada

Lower 48 states: native

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