About Eriogonum longifolium Nutt.
Eriogonum longifolium, commonly known as longleaf eriogonum or long-leaf wild buckwheat, is a dicot plant in the Polygonaceae family. Populations of the nominate variety Eriogonum longifolium var. longifolium grow across Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Additional varieties or subspecies of this species are geographically isolated and face varying degrees of endangerment. Records from the University of Michigan Native American Ethnobotany database note that this plant was used as food by the Kiowa people, and as a medicinal plant by the Comanche people. Its leaves are lanceolate, oblanceolate, or oblong in shape and have a tomentose coating. This plant produces flowering stems that can reach up to 17 dm (67 inches) in height.
