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

Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Modoc Sulphur Flower

Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense

Synonym: Eriogonum modocense

Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Modoc Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense (Synonym: Eriogonum modocense)

Modoc sulphur flower as seen on rocky slopes above Upper Bigelow Lake in the Siskiyou National Forest, just east of Oregon Caves National Monument..........July 14, 2012.

Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Modoc Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense (Synonym: Eriogonum modocense) - Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Modoc Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense (Synonym: Eriogonum modocense)

Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Modoc Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense (Synonym: Eriogonum modocense) - Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Modoc Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense (Synonym: Eriogonum modocense)

Leaves of Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Modoc Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense (Synonym: Eriogonum modocense) - Lower leaf surface of Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Modoc Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense (Synonym: Eriogonum modocense)

Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Modoc Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense (Synonym: Eriogonum modocense) - Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Modoc Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense (Synonym: Eriogonum modocense)

Modoc sulphur flower as seen on rocky slopes above Upper Bigelow Lake in the Siskiyou National Forest, just east of Oregon Caves National Monument..........July 14, 2012.

Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Modoc Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense (Synonym: Eriogonum modocense) - Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Modoc Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense (Synonym: Eriogonum modocense)

Modoc sulphur flower as seen on the rocky slopes atop Observation Peak, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest......July 15, 2020.

Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Modoc Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense (Synonym: Eriogonum modocense) - Sulphur-flower Buckwheat, Modoc Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense (Synonym: Eriogonum modocense)

What might be modoc buckwheat as seen on gravelly soils at Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside in southwestern Oregon..........April 29, 2012. Because there is no inflorescence for positive identification, this could also be E. umbellatum var. goodmanii or Eriogonum ternatum which are also present at this site. .

Paul Slichter