Details for: PI 421013, Eriogonum umbellatum Torr., 'Sierra'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr.
Cultivar:
'Sierra'
Origin:
Collected – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
Mar 2004
PI Assigned:
1978
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr.
Cultivar:
'Sierra'
Origin:
Collected – California, United States
Received by NPGS:
Mar 2004
PI Assigned:
1978
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
August 1972.
California, United States
Locality: South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, California

Donated
March 2004.
California, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Sierra'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Sierra is a native low-growing shrub with gray-green, ovate leaves, smooth above and finely hairy beneath. Plants are 20-30 cm. high, spreading up to 60 cm in diameter. Yellow flowers are in umbels, erect or ascending from a woody base and turn orange-red at maturity. Flowers hold their color and structure for many months.
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr.
Genus:
Eriogonum
Family:
Polygonaceae
Subfamily:
Eriogonoideae
Nomen number:

70267
Place of publication:

Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2:241. 1827 (Acct. pl. Rocky Mts.)
Verified:
05/07/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. argus Reveal (3 active accession[s])
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. aureum (Gand.) Reveal (1 active accession[s])
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. dichrocephalum Gand. (3 active accession[s])
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. ellipticum (Nutt.) Reveal (2 active accession[s])
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. glaberrimum (Gand.) Reveal (0 active accession[s])
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. majus Hook. (13 active accession[s])
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. nevadense Gand. (9 active accession[s])
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. polyanthum (Benth.) M. E. Jones (1 active accession[s])
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. subaridum S. Stokes (2 active accession[s])
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. umbellatum (6 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishsulfur-buckwheat  1Welsh, S. L. et al. 1987. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9.
Englishsulphur-flower  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Swedishsvavelullslide  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Pedigree