Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Eriogonum tomentosum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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Read more about Dog-tongue Buckwheat at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriogonum tomentosum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-01-001:
Eriogonum tomentosum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Wild-buckwheat, Southern Wild-buckwheat, Dog-tongue Buckwheat
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JK Marlow jkm080713_046
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
Stem leaves sessile, elliptical in outline, and borne 3-4 at a node, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
JK Marlow jkm080713_047
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
Calyx of 2 whorls, each of 3 united sepals. Petals absent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm080713_049b
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
Flower heads sessile or short-stalked with 10-20 white to pinkish flowers, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Eriogonum tomentosum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriogonum tomentosum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-01-001:
Eriogonum tomentosum
FAMILY
Polygonaceae