Eriogonum pauciflorum
Eriogonum pauciflorum is a common species of wild buckwheat on the Great Plains known by the common name few flowered buckwheat.
Description
A short matted buckwheat with grey leaves, few flowered buckwheat occurs in southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, northeastern Colorado, Montana, western Nebraska, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming.Taxonomy
Eriogonum pauciflorum was scientifically described and named by Frederick Traugott Pursh in 1813. It is classified in the genus Eriogonum within the family Polygonaceae. It has no accepted varieties and has seven heterotypic synonyms according to Plants of the World Online.| Name | Year | Rank | Notes |
| Eriogonum depauperatum Small | 1898 | species | |
| Eriogonum dioicum Raf. | 1838 | species | |
| Eriogonum gnaphalodes Benth. | 1853 | species | |
| Eriogonum multiceps Nees | 1841 | species | |
| Eriogonum multiceps subsp. typicum S.Stokes | 1936 | subspecies | not validly publ. |
| Eriogonum parviflorum Nutt. | 1818 | species | |
| Eriogonum pauciflorum var. gnaphalodes Reveal | 1967 | variety |