Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Eriogonum prociduum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name prostrate buckwheat. It is native to the western Great Basin of the United States in the region where Oregon meets California and Nevada, especially the Modoc Plateau, where it grows in exposed volcanic soils. It is a perennial herb growing a clump or mat of small woolly oval leaves around a branching woody caudex. The inflorescence arises on a scape and bears a rounded cluster of bright yellow flowers.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

0.8 - 3 in Tall

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Color

Cream, Pink, White, Yellow

Water

Low, Very Low

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 19 likely

Confirmed Likely

Mormon Metalmark

Apodemia mormo

The Brown Elfin

Callophrys augustinus

Sheridan's Hairstreak

Callophrys sheridanii

Yellow Dart

Dichagyris variabilis