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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Taxonomic notes

Synonym name: Eriogonum longifolium Nuttall var. gnaphalifolium Gandoger

Common name: Scrub wild-buckwheat; longleaf buckwheat

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Is found in the Florida scrub and sandhills (Weakley 2015)

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Eriogonum longifolium at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Halictidae: Augochloropsis metallica, A. sumptuosa, Lasioglossum nymphalis, Sphecodes heraclei

Leucospididae: Leucospis slossonae

Megachilidae: Anthidiellum perplexum

Sphecidae: 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, Tanyoprymnus moneduloides

Vespidae: 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

Vespidae: Vespula squamosa, Zethus slossonae

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes