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Eriogonum apricum var. prostratum
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Irish Hill buckwheat, Irish Hill wild buckwheat
Aerial flowering stems

prostrate.

Eriogonum apricum var. prostratum
Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Clay hills and outcrops, manzanita communities, conifer woodlands
Elevation 90-200 m (300-700 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Variety prostratum is federally listed as endangered. It is known from three sites that together constitute less than one acre north of Ione in Amador County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 5, p. 309.
Parent taxa Polygonaceae > subfam. Eriogonoideae > Eriogonum > subg. Eucycla > Eriogonum apricum
Sibling taxa
E. apricum var. apricum
Name authority Myatt: Madroño 20: 320, fig. 1. (1970)
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