Eriogonum baileyi is a species of wild buckwheat that is commonly known as Bailey's buckwheat. It is native to the western United States, where it is a common member of the flora in several types of sandy habitat, such as desert and sagebrush. Eriogonum baileyi is an annual herb. It produces a spreading to erect, often wool-coated stem up to about half a meter tall. Leaves are woolly, round and located at the base of the plant. The inflorescence is a branching cyme bearing many clusters of flowers. The individual flowers are 1 to 2 millimeters wide and white or pink in color.
Taxonomy The botanist Sereno Watson scientifically described and named Eriogonum baileyi in 1875. It was reclassified as a subspecies of Eriogonum vimineum in 1936 by Susan Gabriella Stokes and as a variety in 1952 by Ray Joseph Davis, but these have not become accepted by other botanists. It is classified in the Eriogonum genus as part of the Polygonaceae family. The species has two accepted varieties.
Eriogonum baileyi var. baileyi – Native to California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho Eriogonum baileyi var. praebens – Native to northeast California, Nevada, and Idaho
Eriogonum baileyi has synonyms of the species or one of its two varieties.
Table of Synonyms Name Year Rank Synonym of: Notes Eriogonum baileyi var. divaricatum 1968 variety var. praebens = het. Eriogonum baileyi var. porphyreticum 1903 variety var. baileyi = het. Eriogonum commixtum 1923 species var. praebens = het. Eriogonum praebens 1906 species var. praebens ≡ hom. Eriogonum praebens var. divaricatum 1906 variety var. praebens = het. Eriogonum restioides 1906 species var. baileyi = het. Eriogonum vimineum subsp. baileyi 1936 subspecies E. baileyi ≡ hom. Eriogonum vimineum var. baileyi 1952 variety E. baileyi ≡ hom. Eriogonum vimineum var. multiradiatum 1936 variety var. baileyi = het. Eriogonum vimineum var. porphyreticum 1936 variety var. baileyi = het. Eriogonum vimineum var. restioides 1936 variety var. baileyi = het. Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym; = heterotypic synonym
References
External links Jepson Manual Treatment Flora of North America