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Eriogonums are attractive plants
found abundantly in the Four Corners. Flowers are often
showy, colorful, and long lasting.
The Eriogonum genus was named by Andre Michaux (1746-1803) in his 1803, Flora Boreali-Americana. "Erio" is Greek for "wool" and "gono" for "knee", referring, according to William A. Weber, to the "wooly leaves and swollen joints of the type species". |
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Eriogonum
jamesii Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family) Foothills, montane. Meadows, shrublands,
woodlands. Summer. Eriogonum jamesii and Eriogonum umbellatum can easily be confused, but a careful look separates the two. Leaves on E. jamesii have more hair, are longer, and do not turn red as those of E. umbellatum commonly do. E. jamesii flowers are hairy and its flower heads branch. E. umbellatum grows at higher elevations in the mountains and is by far more common in the Four Corners area. Bentham named this species in 1856. Edwin James was a highly respected long-time plant collector. (More biographical information.) |
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Eriogonum jamesii Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family) Foothills, montane. Meadows, shrublands, woodlands.
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Range map © John Kartesz,
County Color Key
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Range map for Eriogonum jamesii |