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{{Short description|Species of wild buckwheat}}
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'''''Eriogonum heracleoides''''' (common name Parsnipflower Buckwheat) has many flowering clusters that are cream or off-white in color. Its usual habitat is rocky areas such as sagebrush deserts and Ponderosa pine forests. Parsnipflower Buckwheat is in the genus ''Eriogonum'' and the family Polygonaceae which is a family of plants known as the "knotweed family." The Parsnipflower is a perenial flowering plant. They inhabait much a the western part of the United States.


'''''Eriogonum heracleoides''''' (common names; '''parsnipflower buckwheat''', '''whorled buckwheat''', and '''Wyeth buckwheat'''<ref name=USDA>{{cite web|url=http://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_erhe2.pdf|title=Parsnipflower buckwheat|author=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] Natural Resources Conservation Service|work=Plant Guide}}</ref>) is a plant of western North America that has many flowering clusters which are usually cream colored, or off-white. It can usually be found in rocky areas, such as [[Sagebrush steppe|sagebrush deserts]] and Ponderosa pine forests. Parsnipflower buckwheat is in the genus ''[[Eriogonum]]'' and the family Polygonaceae, which is a family of plants known as the "knotweed family". It inhabits much of the western part of the United States and southern British Columbia.<ref name="Sullivan2020">{{cite web | url= http://www.wildflowersearch.com/search?&PlantName=Eriogonum+heracleoides | last= Sullivan | first= Steven. K. | date= 2020 | title= ''Eriogonum heracleoides'' | website= Wildflower Search | accessdate= 2020-09-22 }}</ref><ref name="PLANTS">{{cite web | url= http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERHE2 | date= 2020 | title= ''Eriogonum heracleoides'' | author=USDA, NRCS. | website= The PLANTS Database | publisher= National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA. | accessdate= 2020-09-22}}</ref>


==External Links==
==Description==
The parsnipflower buckwheat is an erect [[herbaceous plant|herbaceous]] [[perennial plant]] rarely more than {{Convert|40|cm|1|abbr=on|frac=8}} tall. Blooming early in the summer, its flowers measure {{Convert|4|-|9|mm|1|abbr=on|frac=8}}; these are pale yellow and redden with age.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Taylor|first=Ronald J.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25708726|title=Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary|publisher=Mountain Press Pub. Co|year=1994|isbn=0-87842-280-3|edition=rev.|location=Missoula, MT|pages=28|language=en|oclc=25708726|orig-year=1992}}</ref> The leaves are arranged in loose rosettes, covered with soft hairs measuring {{Convert|5|-|30|mm|1|abbr=on|frac=8}}. The hairs feel woolly and matted, and cover both sides of the leaf.<ref name="Flora in North America">{{cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250060323|title=Parsnipflower buckwheat|author=[[Floras]] Flora in North America}}</ref> The flowers have one [[carpel]] (achene). The plant has a whorled arrangement of leaves at midpoint of the stem<ref name="Klinkenberg2020">{{cite web | url= http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Eriogonum%20heracleoides | editor-last= Klinkenberg | editor-first= Brian | date= 2020 | title= ''Eriogonum heracleoides'' | website= E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. | publisher= Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver | accessdate= 2020-09-22}}</ref><ref name="WTU Herbarium2020">{{cite web | url= http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Eriogonum%20heracleoides | editor-last= Giblin | editor-first= David | date= 2020 | title= ''Eriogonum heracleoides'' | website= WTU Herbarium Image Collection | publisher= Burke Museum, University of Washington | accessdate= 2020-09-22}}</ref> as well as one beneath the base of the stems.<ref name=":0" /> It blooms in early to mid summer. It attracts butterflies, bees, insects, and birds and is the host plant for several [[Palouse]] butterflies.<ref name="Thorn Creek Native Seed Plant">{{cite web|url=http://www.nativeseedfarm.com/details.php?id=17|title=Wyeth buckwheat|author=Thorn Creek Thorn Creek Native Seed}}</ref>


==References==
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* [http://www.cwnp.org/photopgs/edoc/erheracleoides.html '''Eriogonum heracleoides'''.]
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* [http://fieldguide.mt.gov/detail_PDPGN082R0.aspx '''Parsnipflower Buckwheat'''.]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERHEH3 '''Plants Database''''.]


== Further reading ==
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* {{cite encyclopaedia|encyclopedia=Native American Medicinal Plants: an ethnobotanical dictionary|author=Daniel E. Moerman|article=Eriogonum heracleoides|pages=194|publisher=Timber Press|date=2009|place=Portland, OR / London |isbn=978-0-88192-987-4}}


==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080514070629/http://www.cwnp.org/photopgs/edoc/erheracleoides.html cwnp.org: ''Eriogonum heracleoides'']
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* [http://fieldguide.mt.gov/detail_PDPGN082R0.aspx Parsnipflower Buckwheat]

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[[Category:Eriogonum|heracleoides]]
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[[Category:Flora of California]]
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Eriogonum heracleoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Eriogonum
Species:
E. heracleoides
Binomial name
Eriogonum heracleoides

Eriogonum heracleoides (common names; parsnipflower buckwheat, whorled buckwheat, and Wyeth buckwheat[1]) is a plant of western North America that has many flowering clusters which are usually cream colored, or off-white. It can usually be found in rocky areas, such as sagebrush deserts and Ponderosa pine forests. Parsnipflower buckwheat is in the genus Eriogonum and the family Polygonaceae, which is a family of plants known as the "knotweed family". It inhabits much of the western part of the United States and southern British Columbia.[2][3]

Description

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The parsnipflower buckwheat is an erect herbaceous perennial plant rarely more than 40 cm (15+3⁄4 in) tall. Blooming early in the summer, its flowers measure 4–9 mm (1⁄8–3⁄8 in); these are pale yellow and redden with age.[4] The leaves are arranged in loose rosettes, covered with soft hairs measuring 5–30 mm (1⁄4–1+1⁄8 in). The hairs feel woolly and matted, and cover both sides of the leaf.[5] The flowers have one carpel (achene). The plant has a whorled arrangement of leaves at midpoint of the stem[6][7] as well as one beneath the base of the stems.[4] It blooms in early to mid summer. It attracts butterflies, bees, insects, and birds and is the host plant for several Palouse butterflies.[8]

References

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  1. ^ United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. "Parsnipflower buckwheat" (PDF). Plant Guide.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Steven. K. (2020). "Eriogonum heracleoides". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS. (2020). "Eriogonum heracleoides". The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  4. ^ a b Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 28. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.
  5. ^ Floras Flora in North America. "Parsnipflower buckwheat".
  6. ^ Klinkenberg, Brian, ed. (2020). "Eriogonum heracleoides". E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  7. ^ Giblin, David, ed. (2020). "Eriogonum heracleoides". WTU Herbarium Image Collection. Burke Museum, University of Washington. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  8. ^ Thorn Creek Thorn Creek Native Seed. "Wyeth buckwheat".

Further reading

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  • Daniel E. Moerman (2009). "Eriogonum heracleoides". Native American Medicinal Plants: an ethnobotanical dictionary. Portland, OR / London: Timber Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-88192-987-4.
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