Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Shortstem 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.
Easily confused with
- Eriogonum contortum
- Eriogonum spathulatum
- Eriogonum lonchophyllum
- Eriogonum thompsoniae
- Eriogonum hieraciifolium
- Eriogonum lachnogynum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Eriogonum
- Species
- Eriogonum brevicaule
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