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alpine golden buckwheat

Eriogonum flavum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alberta.January 94, February 88, March 140, April 489, May 639, June 1,057, July 642, August 308, September 221, October 157, November 96, December 89.
Canada4,444
Alberta3,869
United States3,700
British Columbia470
Saskatchewan454
Oregon308
Wyoming263
Colorado243
Idaho193
North Dakota179

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Traits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderpinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Familyknotweed family · Polygonaceae
Genuswild buckwheats · Eriogonum

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