Polygonaceae
Bastardsage
Eriogonum wrightii
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Eriogonum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bastardsage
Synonyms
- Eriogonum helianthemifolium Benth.
- Eriogonum nodosum Small
- Eriogonum trachygonum Torr. ex Benth.
- Eriogonum trachygonum subsp. glomerulum S.Stokes
- Eriogonum trachygonum subsp. wrightii S.Stokes
- Eriogonum wrightii subsp. glomerulum (S.Stokes) S.Stokes
- Eriogonum wrightii subsp. nodosum (Small) Munz
- Eriogonum wrightii subsp. trachygonum (Torr.) S.Stokes
- Eriogonum wrightii subsp. wrightii
- Eriogonum wrightii var. floccosum Benth.
- Eriogonum wrightii var. helianthemifolium (Benth. ex DC.) Torr.
- Eriogonum wrightii var. wrightii
Flowers
- In flower
- July to December (from 978 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Zack Abbey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Melanie J. Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chiara Coetzee from Menlo Park, CA, USA, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: W. Terry Hunefeld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dan Horowitz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: cwwood, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: W. Terry Hunefeld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: W. Terry Hunefeld, 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.