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Eriogonum nudum var. pubiflorum

Benth.

Naked buckwheat, Hairy flowered buckwheat

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Eriogonum nudum is a perennial shrub of the wild buckwheat genus which is known by the common name naked buckwheat or nude buckwheat.

Description

A herb. It grows each year from seed. The leaves are woolly. There are a cluster of cupped flowers.

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Edible Uses

The dried flowers are mixed with valley stickweed seeds and eaten.

Traditional Uses

The dried flowers are mixed with valley stickweed seeds and eaten.

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Distribution

It is a temperate plant.

Where It Grows

North America, USA,

References (1)

  • Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 223

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