Polygonaceae
Sulphur-flower buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Eriogonum
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Sulphur-flower buckwheat
- Finnish
- Rikkipumissi
- Polish
- Pokoślin baldaszkowaty
Synonyms
- Eriogonum cupreum Gand.
- Eriogonum latum Small ex Rydb.
- Eriogonum polyanthum Benth.
- Eriogonum tolmieanum Hook.
- Eriogonum umbellatum subsp. polyanthum (Benth.) S.Stokes
- Eriogonum umbellatum subsp. subaridum (S.Stokes) Munz
- Eriogonum umbellatum subsp. umbellatum
- Eriogonum umbellatum var. californicum Gand.
- Eriogonum umbellatum var. crandallii Gand.
- Eriogonum umbellatum var. monocephalum Torr. & A.Gray
- Eriogonum umbellatum var. tolmieanum (Hook.) M.E.Jones
- Eriogonum umbellatum var. umbellatum
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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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
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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.