[Buckwheats: The Genus Eriogonum in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Rush Buckwheat, Tall Buckwheat, Tall Woolly Buckwheat

Eriogonum elatum var. elatum

Synonym: Eriogonum elatum var. limonifolium

Rush Buckwheat, Tall Buckwheat, Tall Woolly Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum var. elatum (Synonym: Eriogonum elatum var. limonifolium)

The photo above shows the typical appearance of tall buckwheat as seen on the western rim of the Klickitat Canyon to the northeast of Glenwood, WA........July 2, 2006.

Rush Buckwheat, Tall Buckwheat, Tall Woolly Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum var. elatum (Synonym: Eriogonum elatum var. limonifolium)

The photo above shows a close-up of one of the clusters of flowers found in the inflorescence of tall buckwheat as seen in prairie alongside Lakeside Road in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge........July 2, 2007.

Basal leaf of Rush Buckwheat, Tall Buckwheat, Tall Woolly Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum var. elatum (Synonym: Eriogonum elatum var. limonifolium)

The photo above shows a close-up of the basal leaf of tall buckwheat as seen on the western rim of the Klickitat Canyon to the northeast of Glenwood, WA........July 2, 2006.

Inflorescence of Rush Buckwheat, Tall Buckwheat, Tall Woolly Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum var. elatum (Synonym: Eriogonum elatum var. limonifolium)

The photo above shows the outline of the inflorescence of tall buckwheat as seen on the western rim of the Klickitat Canyon to the northeast of Glenwood, WA........July 2, 2006.

Rush Buckwheat, Tall Buckwheat, Tall Woolly Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum var. elatum (Synonym: Eriogonum elatum var. limonifolium)


Basal leaf of Rush Buckwheat, Tall Buckwheat, Tall Woolly Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum var. elatum (Synonym: Eriogonum elatum var. limonifolium)

The photo above shows a close-up of another basal leaf of tall buckwheat as seen in prairie alongside Lakeside Road in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.........July 2, 2007.

Paul Slichter