Polygonaceae
Snow buckwheat
Eriogonum niveum
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Eriogonum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Snow buckwheat
Synonyms
- Eriogonum album Nutt.
- Eriogonum decumbens Benth.
- Eriogonum dichotomum Douglas ex Benth.
- Eriogonum dichotomum var. humile Benth.
- Eriogonum greenei A.Gray
- Eriogonum lachnostegium Rydb.
- Eriogonum niveum subsp. decumbens (Benth.) S.Stokes
- Eriogonum niveum subsp. dichotomum (Douglas) S.Stokes
- Eriogonum niveum subsp. niveum
- Eriogonum niveum var. candelabrum Gand.
- Eriogonum niveum var. decumbens (Benth.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Eriogonum niveum var. dichotomum (Douglas) S.Stokes ex M.E.Jones
- Eriogonum niveum var. greenei (A.Gray) S.Stokes
- Eriogonum niveum var. suksdorfii Gand.
- Eriogonum strictum var. lachnostegium Benth.
Flowers
- In flower
- August to October (from 372 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: James H. Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: steve b, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Koji Shiraiwa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Randal, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shirley Morrison, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: machaut2, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.