santa catalina island buckwheat

Eriogonum giganteum var. giganteum

Member of st. catherine’s-lace (Eriogonum giganteum)
wild buckwheats (genus Eriogonum)
knotweed family (family Polygonaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
pink, salmon, white in flowering plants

There are no other wild members of this species in the bay area.

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• flowers are clustered, long-soft-hairy
• shrub
• leaf blades 2–7 cm, oblong-ovate to ovate or lanceolate to narrowly oblong, margins flat
• inflorescence (all branches collectively) open, cyme-like
• very rare
• despite its name, it is the only variety of E. giganteum that is widely naturalized

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Chris’s observations: 1 (none are research grade)

Locations:

• Ulistac Natural Area, Santa Clara

Months:

• Jun.: 1

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora