USDA Forest Service Celebrating Wildflowers
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Critically Imperiled Plant Profile
(Not Listed or Proposed under the Endangered Species Act)

The entire geographic range of this wild buckwheat covers less than 3 square miles, on sandstone substrate in Monterey County. Photo © 1999 John Game.

Butterworth’s buckwheat is a small shrub, up to 30 centimeters (about 1 foot) tall.

Like many other wild buckwheat species, this one’s leaves are pubescent, with leaf margins that are rolled under.

Eriogonum butterworthianum range map.
Eriogonum butterworthianum, Butterworth’s buckwheat
Threats
- Vulnerable to stochastic effects due to low population sizes and extremely narrow range
- Possible threat of trampling
Conservation Status
National Forest and Grassland Occurrence
More Information
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U.S. Forest Service
Rangeland Management
Botany Program
1400 Independence Ave., SW, Mailstop Code: 1103
Washington DC 20250-1103

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Last modified: Wednesday, 13-Oct-2010 14:35:38 EDT