Eriogonum androsaceum Benth.
androsace buckwheat (rockjasmine buckwheat)
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
androsace buckwheat (rockjasmine buckwheat)
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a stout taproot, forming thick mats 10-30 cm wide; stems prostrate to ascending, simple, several, 3-7 cm tall/long.
Leaves:
Basal leaves oblanceolate to spoon-shaped, grey-hairy, sometimes smooth above, crowded, the blades 1-2 cm long, margins rolled under, the stalks sometimes as long as the blade; stem leaves lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a small umbel, subtended by a whorl of 4-6 linear bracts; flower stalks naked; involucres narrowly bell-shaped, hairy, 3-4 mm long; perianths light yellow and usually pinkish to rose-tinged, woolly-hairy below, 3.5-5 mm long, 6-lobed almost the full length; flowers mostly functionally imperfect.
Fruits:
Achenes, 3-angled, smooth.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Eriogonum androsaceum
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1867 | 785 | 2501 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
20 | 0 | 66 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
210 | 25 | 240 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 2 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
9 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
AT | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(5), ESSF(2), PP(1), SWB(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Dry rocky slopes and forest openings in the subalpine and alpine zones; rare in SE BC; E to SW AB and S to N MT.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Eriogonum flavum var. androsaceum (Benth.) M.E. Jones