Polygonaceae

Fewflower buckwheat

Eriogonum pauciflorum Pursh

Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Eriogonum

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Fewflower buckwheat: Although mostly confined to the northern plains states and provinces, this species is azonal in the sense that it is most abundant on clayey slopes and knolls w — Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 小花苞蓼
English: Fewflower buckwheat

Synonyms

Eriogonum depauperatum Small
Eriogonum dioicum Raf.
Eriogonum gnaphalodes Benth.
Eriogonum multiceps Nees
Eriogonum parviflorum Nutt.
Eriogonum pauciflorum var. gnaphalodes (Benth. ex Hook) Reveal
Eriogonum pauciflorum var. pauciflorum

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thayne Tuason, user name: Biscuitroot, 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.