Polygonaceae
Slender buckwheat
Eriogonum microthecum
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Eriogonum
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Slender buckwheat
- nv
- Bisńdíshchííʼ biʼáadii
Synonyms
- Eriogonum idahoense Rydb.
- Eriogonum intricatum (Gand.) Prain
- Eriogonum microthecum subsp. intricatum Gand.
- Eriogonum microthecum subsp. rigidum (Eastw.) S.Stokes
- Eriogonum microthecum subsp. spathulare Gand.
- Eriogonum microthecum var. friscanum S.Stokes
- Eriogonum microthecum var. idahoense S.Stokes
- Eriogonum microthecum var. microthecum
- Eriogonum microthecum var. rigidum Eastw.
- Eriogonum microthecum var. spathulare (Gand.) S.Stokes
- Eriogonum spathulare Gand.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- 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.