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Bailey's buckwheat, Bailey's woolly buckwheat, Bailey's woolly wild buckwheat

Flowering stems

and inflorescence branches tomentose.

Eriogonum baileyi var. praebens

Phenology Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat Sandy to gravelly washes, flats, and slopes, saltbush and sagebrush communities, pinyon and/or juniper woodlands
Elevation 1300-2500 m (4300-8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; ID; NV
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Discussion

Variety praebens is encountered infrequently over its scattered range in California (Inyo, Lassen, Los Angeles, Mono, Plumas, and Sierra counties), Idaho (Blaine and Elmore counties), and Nevada (Carson City, Douglas, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Storey, and Washoe counties).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 5, p. 425.
Parent taxa Polygonaceae > subfam. Eriogonoideae > Eriogonum > subg. Oregonium > Eriogonum baileyi
Sibling taxa
E. baileyi var. baileyi
Synonyms E. praebens, E. baileyi var. divaricatum, E. commixtum
Name authority (Gandoger) Reveal: Taxon 32: 294. (1983)
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