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Eriogonum grande is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name redflower buckwheat. It is native to northwestern Baja California, as well as the Channel Islands of California. It is a mat-forming perennial herb producing tall, stout inflorescences of white, pink, or red flowers. Leaves are located mainly at the base of the plant and are wavy along the edges and up to 10 centimeters long.

Eriogonum grande
var. rubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Genus:	Eriogonum
Species:	E. grande
Binomial name
Eriogonum grande Greene

There are three varieties of this species:

• E. g. var. grande - Pacific Island wild buckwheat, redflower buckwheat - found on several of the Channel Islands
• E. g. var. rubescens - San Miguel Island buckwheat, red-flowered Pacific Island wild buckwheat - found on the northern Channel Islands
• E. g. var. timorum - San Nicolas Island buckwheat - rare and endemic to San Nicolas Island

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• Flora of North America: var. grande
• Flora of North America: var. rubescens
• Flora of North America: var. timorum

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