Species
Eriogonum compositum (Arrowleaf buckwheat)
Eriogonum compositum. Photo: (c) J Brew, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
Eriogonum is the scientific name for a genus of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae. The genus is found in North America and is known as wild buckwheat. This is a highly species-rich genus, and indications are that active speciation is continuing. It includes some common wildflowers such as the California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum).
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Order: Caryophyllales (Pinks, cactuses, and allies)
- Family: Polygonaceae (Knotweed family)
- Subfamily: Eriogonoideae
- Tribe: Eriogoneae
- Genus: Eriogonum (Wild buckwheats)
- Subgenus: Oligogonum
- Species: Eriogonum compositum (Arrowleaf buckwheat)
- Subgenus: Oligogonum
- Genus: Eriogonum (Wild buckwheats)
- Tribe: Eriogoneae
- Subfamily: Eriogonoideae
- Family: Polygonaceae (Knotweed family)
- Order: Caryophyllales (Pinks, cactuses, and allies)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
Sightings
