Index / Search / Eriogonum jamesii
§1 Plant
Eriogonum jamesii Benth.
vernacular James' buckwheat — species · Polygonaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polygonaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Eriogonum
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 102 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 102 counties across 8 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Adams 08001
- Alamosa 08003
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Clear Creek 08019
- Conejos 08021
- Costilla 08023
- Custer 08027
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Hinsdale 08053
- Huerfano 08055
- Jefferson 08059
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Otero 08089
- Park 08093
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Grande 08105
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Summit 08117
- Teller 08119
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Catron 35003
- Colfax 35007
- Dona Ana 35013
- Eddy 35015
- Grant 35017
- Guadalupe 35019
- Hidalgo 35023
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- Luna 35029
- Mora 35033
- Otero 35035
- Quay 35037
- Rio Arriba 35039
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Sierra 35051
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
- Union 35059
- Valencia 35061
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ERJA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2889626 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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