[The Buckwheat Family in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Oval-leaf Buckwheat, Oval-leaved Buckwheat, Cushion Buckwheat, Sierran Cushion Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale

Synonyms: Eriogonum nivale, Eriogonum rhodanthum

Oval-leaf Buckwheat, Oval-leaved Buckwheat, Cushion Buckwheat, Sierran Cushion Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale (Synonyms: Eriogonum nivale, Eriogonum rhodanthum)

Cushion buckwheat as seen in bloom atop Middle Tiffany Mountain, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest......July 28, 2018.

Inflorescence of Oval-leaf Buckwheat, Oval-leaved Buckwheat, Cushion Buckwheat, Sierran Cushion Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale (Synonyms: Eriogonum nivale, Eriogonum rhodanthum)

This photo shows a close-up of the congested and globose inflorescence of oval-leaved buckwheat (var. nivale) as seen along the Timberline Trail about one mile north of Lambertson Butte in the Mt. Hood Wilderness.........August 2, 2007.

Oval-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale

This photo shows a close-up of a nice mat of oval-leaved buckwheat (var. nivale) as seen along the Timberline Trail about one mile north of Lambertson Butte in the Mt. Hood Wilderness...........August 2, 2007.

Oval-leaf Buckwheat, Oval-leaved Buckwheat, Cushion Buckwheat, Sierran Cushion Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale (Synonyms: Eriogonum nivale, Eriogonum rhodanthum) - Oval-leaf Buckwheat, Oval-leaved Buckwheat, Cushion Buckwheat, Sierran Cushion Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale (Synonyms: Eriogonum nivale, Eriogonum rhodanthum)

Oval-leaved buckwheat as seen atop a cliff along the Ironstone Trail #1141 about one-quarter mile east of Burnt Mountain, William O. Douglas Wilderness..........July 25, 2015.

Oval-leaf Buckwheat, Oval-leaved Buckwheat, Cushion Buckwheat, Sierran Cushion Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale (Synonyms: Eriogonum nivale, Eriogonum rhodanthum) - Oval-leaf Buckwheat, Oval-leaved Buckwheat, Cushion Buckwheat, Sierran Cushion Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale (Synonyms: Eriogonum nivale, Eriogonum rhodanthum)

Oval-leaved buckwheat observed along the Timberline Trail at a high point beneath the terminal moraine for the Newton Glacier, Mt. Hood Wilderness.....July 18, 2021.

Oval-leaf Buckwheat, Oval-leaved Buckwheat, Cushion Buckwheat, Sierran Cushion Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale (Synonyms: Eriogonum nivale, Eriogonum rhodanthum)

Oval-leaved buckwheat (var. nivale) as seen in the Langille Crags in the Mt. Hood Wilderness

Paul Slichter