Theodore Payne California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Theodore Payne'

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 5 - 10 ft wide
Form: Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Warriner Lytle Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Warriner Lytle'

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 4 - 8 ft wide
Form: Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Cream, White
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Wild Cascade California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum 'Wild Cascade'

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 6 - 10 ft wide
Form: Prostrate
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum var. fasciculatum

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 84 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, Red, White
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Sonoran Desert California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum var. flavoviride

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 8 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Leafy California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide
Form: Mounding, Rounded, Upright
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Red
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Deciduous, Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Interior California Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 3 ft tall , 3 - 4 ft wide
Form: Rounded
Growth rate: Moderate, Slow
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Flowering season: Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Margarita Fog Low Growing Buckwheat

Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium 'Margarita Fog'

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Plant type: Shrub
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low, Low

St. Catherine's Lace

Eriogonum giganteum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall , 4 - 10 ft wide
Form: Mounding, Rounded
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen, Winter Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Santa Barbara Island Buckwheat

Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink, Cream, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Very Low

San Clemente Island Buckwheat

Eriogonum giganteum var. formosum

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 8 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Very Low

Santa Catalina Island Buckwheat

Eriogonum giganteum var. giganteum

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 12 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Very Low

Gilman's Buckwheat

Eriogonum gilmanii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 0.4 - 0.8 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow, Red, White, Orange
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Glandular Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum glandulosum

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 10 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Cottony Buckwheat

Eriogonum gossypinum

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Slender Woolly Buckwheat

Eriogonum gracile

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 4 - 8 in wide
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Yellow, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Winter Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Slender Woolly Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum gracile var. gracile

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 28 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Palomar Mountain Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum gracile var. incultum

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 3 - 28 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

White Mountain Buckwheat

Eriogonum gracilipes

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 0.8 - 4 in tall
Flower Color: Red
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Rose-and-white Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum gracillimum

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Redflower Buckwheat

Eriogonum grande

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 10 - 18 in tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, Red, White
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Island Buckwheat

Eriogonum grande var. grande

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Red-flowered Buckwheat

Eriogonum grande var. rubescens

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 8 - 18 in tall , 3 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Fast, Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Red
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Slow

Rosy Cushion Red-flowered Buckwheat

Eriogonum grande var. rubescens 'Rosy Cushion'

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 6 - 12 in tall , 1 - 2 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

San Nicolas Island Buckwheat

Eriogonum grande var. timorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 84 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Heermann's Buckwheat

Eriogonum heermannii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 79 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Heermann's Rough Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum heermannii var. argense

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 4 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Clark Mountain Buckwheat

Eriogonum heermannii var. floccosum

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Heermann's Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum heermannii var. heermannii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Heermann's Great Basin Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum heermannii var. humilius

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Western Heermann's Buckwheat

Eriogonum heermannii var. occidentale

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 3 - 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Heermann's Grooved Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum heermannii var. sulcatum

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Plant type: Shrub
Size: 2 - 31 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Parsnipflower Buckwheat

Eriogonum heracleoides

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Flowering season: Summer
Wildlife supported:
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Parsnip-flowered Buckwheat

Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Klamath Mountain Buckwheat

Eriogonum hirtellum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 16 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Hairy-flower Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum hirtiflorum

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Hoffmann's Buckwheat

Eriogonum hoffmannii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 40 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Hoffmann's Buckwheat

Eriogonum hoffmannii var. hoffmannii

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Robust Hoffmann's Buckwheat

Eriogonum hoffmannii var. robustius

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 1 - 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Hooker's Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum hookeri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 4 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Yellow, Red
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Frosted Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum incanum

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 8 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Red
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Unarmed Buckwheat

Eriogonum inerme

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Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Goodman's Unarmed Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum inerme var. hispidulum

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Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Unarmed Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum inerme var. inerme

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Plant type: Annual herb
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Desert Trumpet

Eriogonum inflatum

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 4 - 59 in tall
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Jointed Buckwheat

Eriogonum intrafractum

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 5 ft tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Kellogg's Buckwheat

Eriogonum kelloggii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 4 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Kennedy's Buckwheat

Eriogonum kennedyi

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Brown
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Southern Alpine Buckwheat

Eriogonum kennedyi var. alpigenum

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 0.8 - 2 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Southern Mountain Buckwheat

Eriogonum kennedyi var. austromontanum

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 3 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Kennedy's Buckwheat

Eriogonum kennedyi var. kennedyi

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Kern Buckwheat

Eriogonum kennedyi var. pinicola

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 5 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Purpus' Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum kennedyi var. purpusii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 5 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Inyo Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum latens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 6 - 19 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Coast Buckwheat

Eriogonum latifolium

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Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 ft tall , 2 - 3 ft wide
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Moderate
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Flowering season: Summer, Fall
Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous
Wildlife supported:
Bats
Birds
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established, Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Dubakella Mountain Buckwheat

Eriogonum libertini

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 2 - 12 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Partial Shade

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Lobb's Buckwheat

Eriogonum lobbii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Perennial herb
Size: 1 - 6 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Golden Buckwheat

Eriogonum luteolum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Tiburon Buckwheat

Eriogonum luteolum var. caninum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 2 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Low, Very Low

Golden-carpet Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum luteolum var. luteolum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Annual herb
Size: 8 - 24 in tall
Flower Color: Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife supported:
bumblebee
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Water
Water

Low, Very Low