Species Details

Eriogonum gossypinum

cottony buckwheat

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Classification

Scientific Name: Eriogonum gossypinum Curran
Common Name: cottony buckwheat
Family:	Polygonaceae
Element Code:	PDPGN082E0
USDA Plants Symbol:	ERGO2
Synonyms/Other Names:

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	4.2
Fed List:	None
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G3G4
State Rank:	S3S4
Other Status:
CRPR Changes:
Add Date:	1974-01-01
Date Edited:	2021-12-09

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: annual herb

Blooming Period: Mar-Sep

Elevation:
100 - 550 meters
330 - 1805 feet

General Habitats:

Chenopod scrub
Valley and foothill grassland

Microhabitat Details:

Microhabitat:

Clay

Notes

Notes: Threatened by development. Possibly threatened by vehicles. See Phytologia 66(4):372 (1989) for taxonomic treatment.
Threats: Threatened by development. Possibly threatened by vehicles.
Taxonomy:

Threat List Data from the CNDDB

THREAT LIST:
Threat List Total:	0
	Total EOs	% of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed:	0	0 %

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Element Occurrence Ranks:
Total Occurrences:					0
A	B	C	D	X	U
0	0	0	0	0	0

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	0
Recent <=20 Years	0

Presence:
Presumed Extant	0
Possibly Extirpated	0
Presumed Extirpated	0

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
California (CA)

California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Fresno (FRE), Kern (KRN), Kings (KNG), San Luis Obispo (SLO), Ventura (VEN)

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Antelope Plain (3511967), Arvin (3511827), Bena (3511836), Cuyama (3411985), Cuyama Peak (3411974), Democrat Hot Springs (3511856), East Elk Hills (3511934), Edison (3511837), Fellows (3511925), Keene (3511825), Kettleman Plain (3512081), Knob Hill (3511858), La Cima (3612011), Lamont (3511838), Levis (3612054), Lillis Ranch (3612044), Los Viejos (3511988), Lost Hills (3511956), Maricopa (3511914), Monocline Ridge (3612055), Mouth of Kern (3511923), North of Oildale (3511951), Oil Center (3511848), Oildale (3511941), Oiler Peak (3511835), Panorama Hills (3511926), Pine Mountain (3511857), Reward (3511936), Taft (3511924), Tejon Hills (3511817), Tumey Hills (3612056), Tupman (3511933), Wells Ranch (3511916), West Elk Hills (3511935)

Notes:

Definitions of codes following a county and/or quad:
*		Presumed extirpated
(?)		Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Quad and county data is imported from the CNDDB. Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable. These data should NOT be substituted for pre-project review or for on-site surveys.

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Presumed Extant

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CNPS Rare Plant Inventory