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Kidney-leaf Wild Buckwheat
( Eriogonum reniforme )
Eriogonum reniforme
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About Kidney-leaf Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum reniforme)
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Eriogonum reniforme
is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name kidney-leaf buckwheat. It is native to the desert southwest of the United States in California, Arizona, and Nevada, and its range may extend into Mexico. This is an annual herb ranging in maximum height from 5 to 40 centimeters. Its leaves are located at its base and are rounded to spade-shaped, not always kidney-shaped, and are woolly and one or two centimeters long. This is an annual herb ranging in maximum height from 5 to 40 centimeters. Its leaves are located at its base and are rounded to spade-shaped, not always kidney-shaped, and are woolly and one or two centimeters long. The naked reddish inflorescence is dotted with whitish glands. It bears small clusters of flowers which are yellow at first and then become red. They have tepals of different shapes, with the inner ones somewhat elongated.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Annual herb
Size
0.16 - 1.3 ft tall
Flower Color
Cream, Pink, White, Yellow, Red
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 3
confirmed
, 37
likely
* )
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Dotted Blue
Euphilotes enoptes
Euphilotes enoptes
Mojave Dotted-blue
Euphilotes mojave
Euphilotes mojave
Small Blue
Philotiella speciosa
Philotiella speciosa
*
Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
Strymon melinus
*
Acmon Blue
Icaricia acmon
Icaricia acmon
*
The Brown Elfin
Callophrys augustinus
Callophrys augustinus
*
Blue Copper
Lycaena heteronea
Lycaena heteronea
Landscaping Information
Common uses
Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens
Natural Setting
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 2.9" - 30.4", Summer Precipitation: 0.24" - 3.79", Coldest Month: 34.7" - 61.4", Hottest Month: 60.2" - 89.1", Humidity: 0.84" - 42.79", Elevation: -128" - 9187"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Kidney-leaf Buckwheat, Kidney-leaved Buckwheat, Kidneyleaf Buckwheat
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Kidney-leaf Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum reniforme
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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