Species: Eriogonum codium
Basalt Desert Buckwheat
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Polygonales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Eriogonum
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Umtanum Desert Buckwheat
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Buckwheat Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Polygonales - Polygonaceae - Eriogonum - >
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A low, mat-forming woody perennial. Slow-growing and long-lived. Leaves are covered with dense white hairs. Flowers are yellow.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G1
Global Status Last Reviewed
2007-03-19
Global Status Last Changed
1997-07-30
Other Status
C - C: Candidate - 2009-11-09
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
One ridgeline, Benton County, southeastern Washington. Other potential sites have been searched with no result (Hallock and Thomas 2002).