Calflora
Taxon  Report   3303    
Eriogonum microthecum  Nutt.  var. ambiguum  (M. E. Jones) Reveal

(no longer an active name)
Obscure buckwheat,   Slender buckwheat
Eriogonum microthecum var. ambiguum, a dicot, is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
also called Eriogonum microtheca var. ambiguum
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial

Bloom Period

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS
Alternate Names:
PLANTSEriogonum ambiguum
PLANTSEriogonum effusum var. ambiguum
PLANTSEriogonum microthecum ssp. ambiguum
ICPN + PLANTSEriogonum microthecum var. expansum
More information about  Eriogonum microthecum var. ambiguum
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.
USDA PLANTS Profile (ERMIA2)

BONAP Distribution Map


Suggested Citation
Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2021. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: 04/21/2021).