Polygonaceae
Yavapai County buckwheat
Eriogonum pulchrum
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Eriogonum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Yavapai County buckwheat
Synonyms
- Eriogonum ericifolium subsp. pulchrum (Eastw.) L.M.Shultz
- Eriogonum ericifolium var. pulchrum (Eastw.) Reveal
- Eriogonum mearnsii var. pulchrum (Eastw.) Kearney & Peebles
- Eriogonum microthecum subsp. pulchrum (Eastw.) S.Stokes
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 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.