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Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Polygonales
        Family: Polygonaceae
          Genus: Eriogonum
            Species: gypsophilum

Gypsum Wild-Buckwheat - Eriogonum gypsophilum

Gypsum Wild-Buckwheat

Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Tufted, herbaceous, perennial, growing from a woody base; leaves basal, dark green, thick, glabrous above, sparsely hairy beneath, blade ovate to reniform, 1.0-2.0 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm wide, petiole often longer than the blade; inflorescence an open leafless cyme, 12-20 cm tall; involucres in clusters at the ends of inflorescence branches, campanulate, 4 or 5-toothed, each with 6 flowers; flowers yellow with 6 tepals about 2 mm long. Flowers May through June.

Status

Global Rank: G1

State Rank: S1

State Status: E

Federal Status: Listed Threatened [LT]

USFS Status:

BLM Status:

SWAP Status:

NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 4

Number of Mapped Locations: 129

Number of Observations: 199

Observation date range: 08-06-1909 to 08-04-2018

External Links

View More Information about this species at:
  NatureServe Explorer
  New Mexico Rare Plants Website
  Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

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