Calflora Taxon Report
Eriogonum ovalifolium  Nutt.  var. purpureum  (Nelson) Dur.
Purple cushion buckwheat
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Eriogonum ovalifolium var. purpureum is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
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
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Parent: Eriogonum ovalifolium
Genus: Eriogonum
Family: Polygonaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands
Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO
Alternate Names:
JEF + PLANTSEriogonum davisianum
JEFEriogonum dichroanthum
JEFEriogonum oblongifolium var. minus
JEFEriogonum orthocaulon
JEFEriogonum ovalifolium ssp. purpureum
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