Taxon Report

Eriogonum gossypinum Curran

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:

Ecology and Life History


Lifeform:	annual herb
Blooming Period: Mar-Sep	Mar-Sep
Elevation:	100-550 (330-1805)
General Habitats:	Chenopod scrub, Valley and foothill grassland
Microhabitat:	Clay
Microhabitat Details:

Conservation Status


CA Rare Plant Rank:	4.2
Global Rank:	G3G4
State Rank:	S3S4
State List:	None
Fed List:	None
Other Status:
CRPR Changes:

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB


Total Occurrences:	0
Element Occurrence Ranks:
Excellent (A)	0
Good (B)	0
Fair (C)	0
Poor (D)	0
None (X)	0
Unknown (U)	0

Location


California Endemic: True
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)

Threat List Data from the CNDDB


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

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:

Selected References

Citation California Native Plant Society, Rare Plant Program. 2024. Rare Plant Inventory (online edition, v9.5.1). Website https://www.rareplants.cnps.org [accessed 27 December 2024].