Heart-leaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat
Eriogonum compositum var. lancifolium
Synonym: Eriogonum compositum ssp. lancifolium
Cream-flowered variety of northern buckwheat as seen on steep gravelly slopes along the old Blewett Pass Highway, central Washington.........July 26, 2009.
Leaf of northern buckwheat as seen on steep gravelly slopes along the old Blewett Pass Highway, central Washington.........July 26, 2009. The leaf of variety lancifolium is many times longer than wide with a cuneate or more or less rounded base.
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Close-ups of northern buckwheat (var. lancifolium) as seen on Wedge Mt., Wenatchee National Forest........June 8, 2009. Note the variability in length and width of leaves, although the majority of leaves are much longer than they are wide.
Yellow-flowered variety of northern buckwheat as seen on steep gravelly slopes along the old Blewett Pass Highway, central Washington........July 26, 2009.
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Additional close-up photos of cream-flowered forms of northern buckwheat (var. lancifolium) as seen along the Iron Creek Trail #1351, Wenatchee National Forest.........July 9, 2010.
Paul Slichter