Spreading Buckwheat (Eriogonum helichrysoides)

Eriogonum helichrysoides in Logan County, Kansas Photo Credit: Jim Locklear

Global Rank: T2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Polygonaceae
State: KS
Nature Serve ID: 160628
Lifeform: Shrub, Subshrub
Date Inducted in National Collection: 12/20/2019

Description:

Where is Spreading Buckwheat (Eriogonum helichrysoides) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Spreading Buckwheat can be found in Kansas

Which CPC Partners conserve Spreading Buckwheat (Eriogonum helichrysoides)?

Lauritzen Gardens

Not Sponsored

Assigned 12/20/19

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Conservation Actions

Jim Locklear

12/23/2019

Lauritzen Gardens established a conservation seed bank for Eriogonum helichrysoides in 2019 from collections made on the Smoky Valley Preserve of The Nature Conservancy in Logan County, Kansas. The population appeared to be stable and the associated rock outcrop plant community in good ecological condition. Collections were made from 50 material lines. An estimated 4,000 seeds were collected. The seed of this wild buckwheat species was not difficult to collect but processing proved challenging since the individual achenes are very small (3 mm long). Seed viability tests for these accessions will be conducted in early 2020, as well as germination tests.