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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eriogonum tomentosum   FAMILY Polygonaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriogonum tomentosum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Eriogonum tomentosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Eriogonum tomentosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-01-001:

Eriogonum tomentosum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Eriogonum tomentosum

 

COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Wild-buckwheat, Southern Wild-buckwheat, Dog-tongue Buckwheat


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image of Eriogonum tomentosum, Sandhill Wild-buckwheat, Southern Wild-buckwheat, Dog-tongue Buckwheat

JK Marlow    jkm080713_041

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

image of Eriogonum tomentosum, Sandhill Wild-buckwheat, Southern Wild-buckwheat, Dog-tongue Buckwheat

JK Marlow    jkm080713_046

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

Stem leaves sessile, elliptical in outline, and borne 3-4 at a node, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Eriogonum tomentosum, Sandhill Wild-buckwheat, Southern Wild-buckwheat, Dog-tongue Buckwheat

JK Marlow    jkm080713_047

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

Calyx of 2 whorls, each of 3 united sepals. Petals absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Eriogonum tomentosum, Sandhill Wild-buckwheat, Southern Wild-buckwheat, Dog-tongue Buckwheat

JK Marlow    jkm080713_049

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

image of Eriogonum tomentosum, Sandhill Wild-buckwheat, Southern Wild-buckwheat, Dog-tongue Buckwheat

JK Marlow    jkm080713_049b

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

Flower heads sessile or short-stalked with 10-20 white to pinkish flowers, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Eriogonum tomentosum, Sandhill Wild-buckwheat, Southern Wild-buckwheat, Dog-tongue Buckwheat

JK Marlow    jkm080713_125

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

image of Eriogonum tomentosum, Sandhill Wild-buckwheat, Southern Wild-buckwheat, Dog-tongue Buckwheat

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_eriogonum_tomentosum

October        

image of Eriogonum tomentosum, Sandhill Wild-buckwheat, Southern Wild-buckwheat, Dog-tongue Buckwheat

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmetomentosu_bearcreekb

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eriogonum tomentosum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriogonum tomentosum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eriogonum tomentosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Eriogonum tomentosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-01-001:
Eriogonum tomentosum   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eriogonum tomentosum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2437

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, usually in white sand, primarily in the fall-line Sandhills and on riverine dunes in the middle and upper Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare in Piedmont) (historically in NC Coastal Plain, but not recently seen)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorled (basal rosette usually absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Creamy white/ Pinkish
6 sepals of two different sizes
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Nutlet

 

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