Eriogonum alpinum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Trinity buckwheat.Jepson eFlora: Eriogonum alpinum Calflora: Eriogonum alpinum
Description Eriogonum alpinum is a perennial herb growing in mats, no more than wide and tall. The woolly greenish leaves are rounded and one to three centimeters long.
The plant produces an erect inflorescence of bright yellow to pinkish flowers, each under a centimeter wide.
The fruit is an achene about half a centimeter long.
Taxonomy In 1882 George Engelmann scientifically described a new speices in the Eriogonum genus which he named Eriogonum alpinum. Alongside the rest of its genus it is part of the Polygonaceae family and has no botanical synonyms.
Distribution and habitat This rare plant is endemic to northern California. It is known from only about ten occurrences in the Mount Eddy and Cory Peak areas of the Trinity Mountains, within the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in southern Siskiyou County and northwestern Trinity County.
It grows in rocky serpentine soils at elevations of , in subalpine coniferous forest, upper montane coniferous forest, and alpine fell-field habitats. The Trinity Mountains are a range of the Klamath Mountains System.
Conservation This species is a California Department of Fish and Wildlife listed and a California Native Plant Society listed endangered species. California Native Plant Society, Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02): Eriogonum alpinum . accessed 21 September 2016.
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External links Calflora Database: Eriogonum alpinum (Trinity buckwheat) Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Eriogonum alpinum UC CalPhotos gallery of Eriogonum alpinum (Trinity buckwheat) images