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Eriogonum arborescens

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Species of wild buckwheat

Eriogonum arborescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Eriogonum
Species: E. arborescens
Binomial name
Eriogonum arborescens
Greene

Eriogonum arborescens is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Santa Cruz Island buckwheat.

Description

Eriogonum arborescens is a woody shrub that grows from 6–15 decimetres (2.0–4.9 ft) in height, and sprawling from 5–30 decimetres (1.6–9.8 ft) in diameter.

The stems have shreddy maroon-brown bark. They bear narrow, fuzzy green leaves at the ends of the branches, each 2 to 5 centimeters long and sometimes with edges rolled under.

The frilly inflorescences of densely clustered flowers erect on nearly naked peduncles. Each flower is only a few millimeters wide, very light pink in color, with nine protruding stamens. The bloom period is from April to October.

Cultivated specimen in the Regional Parks Botanic Garden, California.

Distribution and habitat

This shrub is endemic to the northern Channel Islands of California except San Miguel Island.

It is found in coastal sage scrub and chaparral habitats, between 10–600 metres (33–1,969 ft).

Uses

This species, and most buckwheats (Eriogonum sp.), are of special value to butterflies and native bees.

Cultivation

Eriogonum arborescens is cultivated as an ornamental plant, for planting in native plant, drought tolerant, and in butterfly gardens and other wildlife gardens; and for larger designed natural landscaping and habitat restoration projects.

See also

References

  1. ^ Calflora: Eriogonum arborescens
  2. ^ Jepson eFlora: Eriogonum arborescens
  3. Flora of North America profile of Eriogonum arborescens
  4. ^ Theodore Payne Foundation, California Natives Wiki: Eriogonum arborescens
  5. ^ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center−NPIN.org: Eriogonum arborescens
  6. Las Pilitas Nursery Horticultural Database: Eriogonum arborescens (Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat)

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Taxon identifiers
Eriogonum arborescens


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