Eriogonum pauciflorum is a common species of wild buckwheat on the Great Plains known by the common name few flowered buckwheat.
Description A short matted buckwheat with grey leaves, few flowered buckwheat occurs in southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, northeastern Colorado, Montana, western Nebraska, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
Taxonomy Eriogonum pauciflorum was scientifically described and named by Frederick Traugott Pursh in 1813. It is classified in the genus Eriogonum within the family Polygonaceae. It has no accepted varieties and has seven heterotypic synonyms according to Plants of the World Online.
Table of Synonyms Name Year Rank Notes Eriogonum depauperatum 1898 species Eriogonum dioicum 1838 species Eriogonum gnaphalodes 1853 species Eriogonum multiceps 1841 species Eriogonum multiceps subsp. typicum 1936 subspecies not validly publ. Eriogonum parviflorum 1818 species Eriogonum pauciflorum var. gnaphalodes 1967 variety
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