Calflora Taxon Report
Eriogonum ovalifolium  Nutt.  var. monarchense  D. A. York
Monarch buckwheat
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. monarchense is a perennial herb that is native to California.
California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).
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
Observation Search
~7 records in California
yellowone or more occurrences
within a 7.5-minute quadrangle
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Bloom Period
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

Communities: Sagebrush Scrub, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Alpine Fell-fields, Northern Juniper Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + POWO
Information about Eriogonum ovalifolium var. monarchense from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.
Jepson eFlora

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