Eriogonum helichrysoides, common names spreading buckwheat and strawflower wild buckwheat, is a plant species endemic to Kansas. It has been reported from only 6 counties in the west-central part of the state: Ellis, Gove, Lane, Logan, Scott, and Trego counties. The species occurs in grasslands or on clay or limestone outcrops.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Eriogonum |
| Species: | E. helichrysoides
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| Eriogonum helichrysoides (Gand.) Prain
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Eriogonum helichrysoides is a dark green shrub up to 40 cm tall and spreading to up to 80 cm across. Leaves are very narrow, up to 6 cm long but only 3 mm across. Flowers are white to rose.[2][3][4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b Flora of North America
- ^ Jackson, Benjamin Daydon. 1913. Index Kewensis suppl. 4:82.
- ^ Gandoger, Michael. 1906. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de Belgique 42(3): 192.
- ^ Stokes, Susan Gabriella. 1936. The Genus Eriogonum.
- ^ photo of isotype of Eriogonum helichrysoides at Missouri Botanical Garden