Eriogonum alpinum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Trinity buckwheat.[2][3]

Description

Eriogonum alpinum is a perennial herb growing in mats, no more than 15 centimetres (5.9 in) wide and 8 centimetres (3.1 in) tall. The woolly greenish leaves are rounded and one to three centimeters long.[2]

The plant produces an erect inflorescence of bright yellow to pinkish flowers, each under a centimeter wide.[2]

The fruit is an achene about half a centimeter long.[2]

Distribution and habitat

This rare plant is endemic to northern California.[3] It is known from only about ten occurrences in the Mount Eddy and Cory Peak areas of the Trinity Mountains, within the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in southern Siskiyou County and northwestern Trinity County.[3]

It grows in rocky serpentine soils at elevations of 2,185–2,900 metres (7,169–9,514 ft), in subalpine coniferous forest, upper montane coniferous forest, and alpine fell-field habitats.[3] The Trinity Mountains are a range of the Klamath Mountains System.

Conservation

This species is a California Department of Fish and Wildlife listed and a California Native Plant Society listed endangered species.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. ^ a b c d Jepson eFlora: Eriogonum alpinum
  3. ^ a b c d Calflora: Eriogonum alpinum
  4. ^ California Native Plant Society, Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02): Eriogonum alpinum . accessed 21 September 2016.

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