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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eriogonum tomentosum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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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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JK Marlow jkm080713_041
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
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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).
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm080713_049
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm080713_125
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_eriogonum_tomentosum
October
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmetomentosu_bearcreekb
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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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p153
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p239
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p311
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p168
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p002
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p290
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p107
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