Alpine Buckwheat, Dirty Socks
Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum
Synonyms: Eriogonum pyrolaefolium var. coryphaeum, Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. bellingeranum
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Alpine buckwheat, aka "dirty socks", in bloom along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 at the junction with the Snowgrass Trail, Goat Rocks Wilderness......August 20, 2020.
Alpine buckwheat as seen on the Pumice Plain, Mount Saint Helens National Monument..........July 26, 2015.
Alpine buckwheat as seen above timberline along the Butte Camp Trail, Mount Saint Helens National Monument...........July 9, 2013.
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Alpine buckwheat as seen on rocky slopes at left along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 between Sheep Lake and Sourdough Pass, Wenatchee National Forest........August 25, 2014.
The photo at right shows alpine buckwheat in bloom at timberline along the Butte Camp Trail #238A, Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument..........August 11, 2022.
Alpine buckwheat as seen on pumice soils of the Plains of Abraham, Mount St. Helens National Monument.........July 13, 2016.
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Alpine buckwheat as seen at left on the terminal moraine of the Meade Glacier about 100 meters west of the upper portion of the South Fork Conrad Creek, Goat Rocks Wilderness........July 23, 2016. The inflorescence is somewhat lanate. The photo at right shows alpine buckwheat on Bear Creek Mountain, Goat Rocks Wilderness......July 31, 2019.
Alpine buckwheat as seen above timberline along the Butte Camp Trail, Mount Saint Helens National Monument...........July 23, 2017.
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Paul Slichter