Common Name: Douglas's Buckwheat

H&C lists 2 varieties (var. douglasii (strongly hairy) and var. tenue (sparsely hairy) based on hairiness of the perianth)
USDA lists 3 varieties of which only one is found in WA state (does NOT list var. tenue)
var. douglasii (found in e WA)
var. meridionale (found in s. OR to NW NV
var. elkoense (found in only one place in ne NV)

WTU gives the main difference between E. douglasii and the similar E. thymoides as
E. douglasii has reflexed to spreading lobes while E. thymoides has erect lobes.
T&G state the flower buds start blood red opening to cream yellow.

Shrub-steppe
Elevation: low to high