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

Arrowleaf Buckwheat, Heart-leaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat

Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Synonyms: Eriogonum compositum var. citrinum, Eriogonum compositum var. pilicaule, Eriogonum johnstonii, Eriogonum pilicaule

Arrowleaf Buckwheat, Heart-leaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum (Synonyms: Eriogonum compositum var. citrinum, Eriogonum compositum var. pilicaule, Eriogonum johnstonii, Eriogonum pilicaule)

Heart-leaf buckwheat as seen atop Camp Creek Cliffs, Cowlitz Valley Ranger District, Gifford Pinchot National Park...........June 29, 2013.

Arrow-leaf Buchwheat, Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

This photo shows heart-leaf buckwheat as seen on the dry forested and meadow slopes of Lookout Mt. to the east of Mt. Hood..........August 2, 2008.

Arrowleaf Buckwheat, Heart-leaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum (Synonyms: Eriogonum compositum var. citrinum, Eriogonum compositum var. pilicaule, Eriogonum johnstonii, Eriogonum pilicaule) - Arrowleaf Buckwheat, Heart-leaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum (Synonyms: Eriogonum compositum var. citrinum, Eriogonum compositum var. pilicaule, Eriogonum johnstonii, Eriogonum pilicaule) - Arrowleaf Buckwheat, Heart-leaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum (Synonyms: Eriogonum compositum var. citrinum, Eriogonum compositum var. pilicaule, Eriogonum johnstonii, Eriogonum pilicaule)

Heart-leaf buckwheat blooming along Forest Spur Road 4440-160 about one-third of a mile east of the rock quarry, Mount Hood National Forest......July 9, 2022.

Arrowleaf Buckwheat, Heart-leaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum (Synonyms: Eriogonum compositum var. citrinum, Eriogonum compositum var. pilicaule, Eriogonum johnstonii, Eriogonum pilicaule) - Arrowleaf Buckwheat, Heart-leaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum (Synonyms: Eriogonum compositum var. citrinum, Eriogonum compositum var. pilicaule, Eriogonum johnstonii, Eriogonum pilicaule) - Arrowleaf Buckwheat, Heart-leaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum (Synonyms: Eriogonum compositum var. citrinum, Eriogonum compositum var. pilicaule, Eriogonum johnstonii, Eriogonum pilicaule)

Heartleaf buckwheat as seen at left along an old pack trail heading uphill to the northwest of the western most part of the loop of the South Fork Tieton River Trail #1120, Goat Rocks Wilderness........July 21, 2016. The photo at center shows heartleaf buckwheat as seen in bloom on the steep, southern slopes of Bald Mt. in the Mt. Hood Wilderness........July 15, 2007. The photo at right shows heartleaf buckwheat blooming atop Observation Peak in the Trapper Creek Wilderness......June 25, 2024. Mount Adams is in the far distance.

Leaf of Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

This photo shows a close-up of the narrowly heart-shaped leaf of heartleaf buckwheat as seen along Coyote Creek Road in the Umpqua National Forest........June 25, 2005.


Heartleaf Buckwheat, Arrowleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Heartleaf Buckwheat, Arrowleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Heartleaf Buckwheat, Arrowleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

These 3 photos show details of heartleaf buckwheat as seen along Coyote Creek Road in the Umpqua National Forest........June 25, 2005.

Arrowleaf Buckwheat, Heart-leaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum (Synonyms: Eriogonum compositum var. citrinum, Eriogonum compositum var. pilicaule, Eriogonum johnstonii, Eriogonum pilicaule)

Arrowleaf Buckwheat, Heart-leaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum (Synonyms: Eriogonum compositum var. citrinum, Eriogonum compositum var. pilicaule, Eriogonum johnstonii, Eriogonum pilicaule)

Heartleaf buckwheat as seen atop Badger Peak in the Dark Divide, Gifford Pinchot National Forest........August 22, 2014.

Arrowleaf Buckwheat, Heart-leaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum (Synonyms: Eriogonum compositum var. citrinum, Eriogonum compositum var. pilicaule, Eriogonum johnstonii, Eriogonum pilicaule) - Arrowleaf Buckwheat, Heart-leaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum (Synonyms: Eriogonum compositum var. citrinum, Eriogonum compositum var. pilicaule, Eriogonum johnstonii, Eriogonum pilicaule)

Heartleaf buckwheat as seen at left at the summit of High Rock, northern Gifford Pinchot National Forest.......July 2, 2015. The photo at right shows heartleaf buckwheat blooming on balds near the high point on the Cone Peak Trail #3408, Willamette National Forest......July 17, 2023.

Arrow-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Yellow-flowered variety of the heart-leaf buckwheat

Paul Slichter