Participant Info

Species

Eriogonum flavum [Eriogonum polyphyllum]

Family

Polygonaceae

CommonName

golden buckwheat, Piper's buckwheat

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1937

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

Music

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, Deep Creek trail S of Creede 11 Aug 2020

Comments

In the Watershed, there are not many records of golden buckwheat. Eriogonum flavum is found locally on pinyon-juniper knolls, on volcanic outcrops (near Creede and Del Norte), in ash deposits (SW of Cochetops pass), even in subalpine meadows (head of Raspberry Creek in the north Cristos). A recent photorecord is from a hillside above Alder Creek, north of South Fork (8 June 2023, iNaturalist #171967019). The Watershed collections mark the very southern edge of the USA distribution, which is Central and Northern Rockies up to the Canadian border. The species is not recorded from New Mexico or Texas.

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