''Eriogonum grande'' is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name redflower buckwheat. It is native to northwestern

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, as well as the

Channel Islands of California The Channel Islands () are an eight-island archipelago located within the Southern California Bight in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California. The four Northern Channel Islands are part of the Transverse Ranges geologic province, ...

. It is a mat-forming perennial herb producing tall, stout

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are forme ...

s of white, pink, or red flowers. Leaves are located mainly at the base of the plant and are wavy along the edges and up to 10 centimeters long. There are three varieties of this species: *''E. g.'' var. ''grande'' - Pacific Island wild buckwheat, redflower buckwheat - found on several of the Channel Islands *''E. g.'' var. ''rubescens'' - San Miguel Island buckwheat, red-flowered Pacific Island wild buckwheat - found on the northern Channel Islands *''E. g.'' var. ''timorum'' - San Nicolas Island buckwheat - rare and

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

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Jepson Manual TreatmentFlora of North America: var. ''grande''Flora of North America: var. ''rubescens''Flora of North America: var. ''timorum''
Flora of California grande Plants described in 1887 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Polygonaceae-stub