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Smith's Buckwheat (Eriogonum smithii)

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Smith's Buckwheat

Smith's Buckwheat (Eriogonum smithii)

Photo by Ben Franklin; Jennifer Poore; Jennifer Poore; Jennifer Poore; Jennifer Poore
Photo Courtesy of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources; Utah Division of Wildlife Resources; Utah Department of Natural Resources; Utah Department of Natural Resources; Courtesy of Utah Rare Plant Program; Courtesy of Utah Rare Plant Program; Courtesy Utah Rare Plant Program; Courtesy of Utah Rare Plant Program

Eriogonum smithii

Other common names: Flat Top Wild Buckwheat

NatureServe conservation status

Global (G-rank): G2
State (S-rank): S2

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Phenology

Flowers from July to October

Species range

Plants found in the San Rafael Desert of Emery and Wayne Counties, Utah.

Threats or limiting factors

Threats include smothering by destabilized sand dunes, mining, grazing, recreation, and drought.

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Multicellular organisms that are autotrophic or make complex carbohydrates from basic constituents. Most use photosynthesis.

Flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary

Multicellular organisms that develop from the fertilization of an egg by a sperm. Heterotrophic - obtain food by ingestion.

Have skulls and backbones.

Cold blooded, lay eggs on land

Have feathers and lay eggs

Invertebrates with an exoskeleton, jointed appendages, and segmented bodies

Animals having 3 pair of legs, 3 body sections, generally 1 or 2 pair of wings, 1 pair of antennae.

Soft bodied animals with an internal or external shell and a toothed tongue or radula. Have a mantle that lines and secretes the shell and a muscular foot that allows for movement.

Two hinged lateral shells and a wedged shaped "foot". Bivalves lack tentacles and a head.


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