[Buckwheats: The Genus Eriogonum in Mt. Adams Country]

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)

The photo at left shows heart-leaf buckwheat growing on riprap slopes above the Klickitat River along the River Route Road in the upper Klickitat River drainage.........May 26, 2008. The photo at right shows heart-leaf buckwheat in bloom along the north rim of Outlet Creek, Klickitat Canyon Community Forest......June 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) - Inflorescence of Arrowleaf Buckwheat, Heart-leaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum (Synonyms: Eriogonum compositum var. citrinum, Eriogonum compositum var. pilicaule, Eriogonum johnstonii, Eriogonum pilicaule) - Leaf of 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 at about 4100' at a DNR rock quarry atop the ridge dividing Dairy and Cougar Creeks on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams.........July 10, 2005.

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

The photo above shows another close-up of a leaf of heart-leaf buckwheat as seen at about 4100' at a DNR rock quarry atop the ridge dividing Dairy and Cougar Creeks on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams........June 13, 2005.

Inflorescence of 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 atop Green Mountain (5007') several miles northwest of Mount Adams, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.......August 5, 2022.

Paul Slichter