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Eriogonum tiehmii, known as Tiehm's buckwheat, is a species of flowering plant endemic to the Silver Peak Range of Esmeralda County, Nevada, in the United States. [4] [5] Its only known population is at high risk of destruction due to proposed mining for lithium (used for batteries in electric vehicles) [6] by Australian company Ioneer.
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) or common buckwheat [2] [3] is a flowering plant in the knotweed family Polygonaceae cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop. Buckwheat originated around the 6th millennium BCE in the region of what is now Yunnan Province in southwestern China .
Fagopyrum contains 15 to 16 species of plants, including two important crop plants, buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum), and Fagopyrum tataricum (Tartary buckwheat). The two have similar uses, and are classed as pseudocereals, because they are used in the same way as cereals but do not belong to the grass family Poaceae.
The parsnipflower buckwheat is an erect herbaceous perennial plant rarely more than 40 cm (15 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) tall. Blooming early in the summer, its flowers measure 4–9 mm (1 ⁄ 8 – 3 ⁄ 8 in); these are pale yellow and redden with age. [4]
Fagopyrum tataricum, also known as Tartary buckwheat, [2] green buckwheat, [3] ku qiao, [3] Tatar buckwheat, [citation needed] or bitter buckwheat, [4] is a domesticated food plant in the genus Fagopyrum in the family Polygonaceae.
Eriogonum crosbyae is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Crosby's buckwheat. It is native to southcentral Oregon and northwestern Nevada in the United States. [ 1 ] Some treatments include plants in Montana and Idaho as members of this species. [ 2 ]