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Details for: PI 537595,
Eriogonum niveum
Douglas ex Benth., UMATILLA
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Taxonomy:
Eriogonum niveum
Douglas ex Benth.
Top Name:
UMATILLA
Origin:
Collected – Washington, United States
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
01 Jan 1988
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Seed
100 count
PI 537595 2004i SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Eriogonum niveum
Douglas ex Benth.
Top Name:
UMATILLA
Origin:
Collected – Washington, United States
Maintained:
Western Regional PI Station
Received by NPGS:
01 Jan 1988
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
1979.
Oregon, United States
Locality:
From a native population in silt loam to sandy soil near Juniper Canyon, Umatilla County.
Developed
1991.
Washington, United States
Comment:
Released as "Umatilla" by the Soil Conservation Service
Donated
01 January 1988.
Washington, United States
Comment:
Received through National Plant Materials Center, Beltsville, Maryland
Donor(s):
Lambert, S.M., USDA-SCS
September 2005.
Washington, United States
Donor(s):
Belt, Shawn, USDA, NRCS
Accession Names and Identifiers
UMATILLA
Type: Developer identifier
Release name used by the Soil Conservation Service
9033813
Type: Other or unclassified name
Group: NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service
U-10
Type: Other or unclassified name
Narrative
Half shrub, about 10m tall, with spreading branches. Flowers white to pinkish, bloom in late summer. Good source of nectar for honeybees. Achenes brown. Leaves green densely covered by white hairs. Mature in October. Good food for wildlife. Plant is substantial for early spring diet of mule deer along the Columbia Breaks in north-central Washington State.
Eriogonum niveum
Douglas ex Benth.
Genus:
Eriogonum
Family:
Polygonaceae
Subfamily:
Eriogonoideae
Nomen number:
315790
Place of publication:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17:414. 1836
Verified:
10/30/1990
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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English
snow wild buckwheat
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
English
snow-buckwheat
1
Englert, J. M. et al.
1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
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Accession Has Site Narrative:
'Umatilla' snow buckwheat is a low-growing, much-branched shrub, height and width up to 20 inches(51 cm). At Pullman Washinton, plants were up to three feet (91 cm) in height and width.. Umatilla was selecteted for release because of its better seed production, larger height and width at maturity, and the best survival and growth on droughty sites in central Washington. 30 Sep 2005.
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Seed weight 100
Weight of 100 seeds in grams.
0.16
W6-MISC.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS
PI 537595 2004i SD