Polygonaceae

Salty buckwheat

Stenogonum salsuginosum Nutt.

Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Stenogonum

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Salty buckwheat (Stenogonum salsuginosum) — FlowerPhoto: Robbie Hannawacker, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Salty buckwheat

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Robbie Hannawacker, CC0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Curtis Drake, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: jhiggs, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bobby McCabe, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Robb Hannawacker, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Martin Purdy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification 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.