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Critically Imperiled Plant Profile
(Not Listed or Proposed under the Endangered Species Act)

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

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

Eriogonum butterworthianum.
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 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

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