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Eriogonum (heracleoides)

Susan Meyer
Research Ecologist
USDA FS - Rocky Mountain Research Station, Shrub Sciences Laboratory
735 North 500 east
Provo, Utah 84606
smeyer@sisna.com
www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise
Family Scientific Name: Polygonaceae
Family Common Name: Buckwheat family
Scientific Name: Eriogonum heracleoides
Common Name: Hercules buckwheat
Species Code: ERIHER
Ecotype: Utah 2270 to 2520m
General Distribution: E. alatum is found in the Northern Rocky Mountain states.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow:
Propagule Collection: E. heracleoides flowers in early to mid summer and seeds ripen in August to early September, depending on elevation.
Propagule Processing: Seeds are cleaned by hand rubbing material through a 2 mm round hole screen. Caff is removed from seed by using a tabletop model blower.
Achenes are stored at 20 to 22C with 30 to 40% relative humidity in paper envelopes until mid October.
Achene mass averages 2.7 to 3.0 mg per 100 achenes.
Pre-Planting Treatments: 6 prechilling treatments were used: 0,2,4,8,12,16 and 24 weeks of moist chilling at 2C in the dark.
Growing Area Preparation/
Annual Practices for Perennial Crops:		 Following chilling treatments, seeds were incubated 4 weeks under a daily temperature and photoperiod regime (12hr dark at 10C and 12hr light at 20C)with a cool flourescent light.
Achenes were placed in disposable petri plates on 2 blue germination blotter papers moistened with tap water. Blotterpapers were re-moistened as needed.
Establishment Phase: Results and Discussion: Seeds germinated to low percentages (<20%) without chilling, and generally had long chilling requirements (> 12 wk for complete dormancy removal) and slow germination rates in the cold (>15wk to 50%).
References: Chilling Requirements for seed germination of 10 Utah species of perennial wild buckwheat. Meyer SE and Paulsen A. Native Plants Journal, Spring 2000, 1(1):18-24.

Citation:

2001. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Eriogonum heracleoides plants USDA FS - Rocky Mountain Research Station, Shrub Sciences Laboratory Provo, Utah. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2025/01/15). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.