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

Apache buckwheat.
Apache wild buckwheat. Photo by Barb Phillips in Arizona Rare Plant Field Guide, 2001.

Apache buckwheat habitat.
Apache wild buckwheat grows on white powdery gypseous limestone soils formed from Tertiary lakebed deposits. These soils, which are found in several disjunct locations in central Arizona, are home to a whole group of rare plants. Photo by Sue Rutman in Arizona Rare Plant Field Guide, 2001.

Eriogonum heermannii var. apachense range map.
Eriogonum heermannii var. apachense range map.

Eriogonum heermannii var. apachense, Apache buckwheat

  • Other common name(s): Apache wild buckwheat

Threats

  • NatureServe has not assessed threats yet

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: Thursday, 08-Dec-2011 15:42:58 EST