Eriogonum nudum (Nude Buckwheat, Naked Buckwheat)

 7/9/16 SR 108 (Sonora Pass Hwy.), Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest,

Sierra Nevada, Mono County

7/9/16 SR 108 (Sonora Pass Hwy.), Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest,

Sierra Nevada, Mono County

8/16/04 Dirt road from cabins to Lundy Trail, Lundy Canyon, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

8/16/04 Lundy Canyon

 7/4/05 Roadside meadow at Mill Creek, 5 miles up County Road 64 
(Jess Valley Road) from town of Likely, Modoc County, CA

7/2/05 East side of Hwy. 395 between Litchfield and Ravendale,
near mile marker 97, Lassen County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Nude Buckwheat

SPECIES: Eriogonum nudum

FAMILY: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 8/16/2004

LOCATION: Dirt road from cabins to Lundy Trail, Lundy Canyon, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Eriogonum nudum var. nudum:

Leaves basal, generally 20–50 mm; margins ± flat

Inflorescence much-branched, slender, glabrous; involucres generally 2–5 per node, 3–5 mm, ± glabrous

Flower: perianth 2–3 mm, white, glabrous

Ecology: Abundant. Sand or gravel

Elevation: 70–2300 m.  

Bioregional distribution: Northwestern California, Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, San Francisco Bay Area 

Distribution outside California: to Washington, w Nevada

Highly variable; intergrades with all other vars. Not on immediate coast

Horticultural information: DRN, DRY, SUN: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17, 24.