Eriogonum floridanum

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Eriogonum floridanum
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Photo by Wayne Matchett is Eriogonum longifolium var. gnaphalifolium, SpaceCoastWildflowers.com
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Tracheophytes
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Eriogonum
Species: E. floridanum
Binomial name
Eriogonum floridanum
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Natural range of Eriogonum floridanum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common names: Scrub wild-buckwheat; Longleaf buckwheat

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: Eriogonum longifolium Nuttall var. gnaphalifolium Gandoger.[1]

Varieties: none.[1]

Description

A description of Eriogonum floridanum is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Found from northern peninsular Florida to central peninsular Florida.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

E. floridanum has been found in Florida scrub, sandhills, and high pine land with sandy, shallow soil.[2][3] It is also found in disturbed areas including mowed sandhills and scrub and roadside right-of-ways.[4] Associated species: Calcariuos C horizon, Quercus incana, Q. stellata, Q. marilandica, Q. cinerea, Zornia, Cyperus uniflorus, Cristatella, Opuntia macrorhiza, Penstemon murrayanus, Bonamia pickeringii, B. humistrata, Froelichia, Streptanthus hyacinthoides, Selaginella, Helianthemum, Pinus taeda, P. echinata, Sassafras, Rhus copallina, and Polygonella.[4]

Phenology

Has been observed flowering from April to November.[4]

Pollination

Eriogonum longifolium was observed at the Archbold Biological Station to host sweat bees from the Halictidae family (Augochloropsis metallica, A. sumptuosa, Lasioglossum nymphalis and Sphecodes heraclei), wasps from the Leucospididae family (Leucospis slossonae), leafcutting bees from the Megachilidae family (Anthidiellum perplexum), thread-waisted wasps from the Sphecidae family (Ammophila urnaria, Bicyrtes capnoptera, Bicyrtes quadrifasciata, Cerceris blakei, C. flavofasciata floridensis, C. fumipennis, C. rozeni, C. rufopicta, C. tolteca, Ectemnius rufipes ais, Isodontia exornata, Philanthus ventilabris, Pseudoplisus smithii floridanus, Sphex ichneumoneus, Stictiella serrata, Tachysphex apicalis, Tachytes distinctus, T. pepticus and Tanyoprymnus moneduloides) and wasps from the Vespidae family (Eumenes fraternus, Euodynerus boscii boharti, E. castigatus rubrivestris, Leptochilus republicanus, Microdynerus monolobus, Mischocyttarus cubensis, Monobia quadridens, Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus, Polistes bahamensis, P. dorsalis hunteri, Stenodynerus australis, S. beameri, S. fundatiformis, S. lineatifrons, S. pulvinatus surrufus, Vespula squamosa and Zethus slossonae).[5]


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References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. Weakley, Alan S. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States: Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU). PDF. 792.
  3. New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium accessed using Southeastern Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC) data portal. URL: http://sernecportal.org/portal/collections/index.php Last accessed: May 2021. Collectors: G. V. Nash. States and Counties: Florida: Lake County
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: February 2016. Collectors: Guy Aglin, Robert Kral, O. Lakela, Robert K. Godfrey, William P. Adams, F. H. Sargent, A.H. Curtiss, Angus Gholson, David Webb, Leon Bates, John W. Thieret, Delzie Demaree, Paul L. Redfearn, Jr., Craig A. Hanson, D.S. Correll, Charles Wallis, and Norlan C. Henderson. States and Counties: Florida: Haines, Highlands, Lake, Polk. Alabama: Caddo, Colbert. Louisiana: Winn. Arkansas: Garland, Marion. Texas: Callahan, Comanche, Coke, Jones, Knox, Ochiltree, Schleicher, and Taylor.
  5. Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.