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Eriogonum gracile var. incultum
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Palomar Mountain wild buckwheat, slender buckwheat, slender woolly buckwheat
Inflorescence

branches glabrous.

Eriogonum gracile var. incultum
Phenology Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat Sandy and gravelly flats and slopes, chaparral communities, oak and pine woodlands
Elevation 700-1600 m (2300-5200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion

Variety incultum is infrequently encountered in the foothills and mountains of southern California (Orange, Riverside, and San Diego counties). Occasionally it is locally common. This variety is much more slender and graceful than Eriogonum davidsonii, with which it might be confused.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 5, p. 424.
Parent taxa Polygonaceae > subfam. Eriogonoideae > Eriogonum > subg. Oregonium > Eriogonum gracile
Sibling taxa
E. gracile var. gracile
Name authority Reveal: Phytologia 66: 265. (1989)
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