Eriogonum allenii is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae known by the common names shale barren wild buckwheat or yellow buckwheat. It grows on Devonian shale in the eastern United States. It is found in the central Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia and Virginia.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Shale Barren Buckwheat being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Eriogonum
- Species
- Eriogonum allenii
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