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Eriogonum luteolum

Greene

Golden Carpet Buckwheat

G5Secure Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.149893

Element CodePDPGN083S0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderPolygonales

FamilyPolygonaceae

GenusEriogonum

Other Common Names

goldencarpet buckwheat (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

Comprised of four varieties (Reveal 1989; Kartesz 1999) or of two (Hickman 1993).

Conservation Status

Review Date2000-10-17

Change Date1990-01-16

Edition Date2000-10-17

Edition AuthorsRusso, M. (TNC WRO), 1/89; rev. B. MacBryde, 10/2000.

Rank Reasons

Eriogonum luteolum is in central to northern California and in southwestern Oregon. As a species it is widespread and often common locally, although some of its varieties are infrequent (Reveal 1989).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN5

Province	Rank	Native
Oregon	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

California (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Mokelumne - Charity	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	202
Raymond Peak	Eldorado National Forest	2,518
Raymond Peak	Stanislaus National Forest	3,646

References (3)

Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Reveal, J.L. 1989a. Eriogonoid flora of California (Polygonaceae: Eriogonoideae). Phytologia 66: 295-414.