Tiehm's buckwheat

Eriogonum tiehmii, known as Tiehm's buckwheat, is a species of flowering plant endemic to the Silver Peak Range of Esmeralda County, Nevada, in the United States. Its only known population is at high risk of destruction due to proposed mining for lithium (used for batteries in electric vehicles) by the Australian company Ioneer. In 2020, a noticeable decline in the known population was attributed to herbivory.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Tiehm's 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 anemophilum
• Eriogonum diatomaceum
• Eriogonum alexanderae
• Eriogonum ochrocephalum
• Eriogonum shockleyi

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Polygonaceae

Genus

Eriogonum

Species

Eriogonum tiehmii

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