About Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt.
Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt., commonly called parsnipflower buckwheat, is an erect herbaceous perennial plant that rarely grows over 40 cm (15+3⁄4 in) tall. It blooms from early to mid summer. Its flowers are 4–9 mm (1⁄8–3⁄8 in) long, starting pale yellow and turning reddish as they age, and each produces an achene from a single carpel. Leaves are arranged in loose basal rosettes, with an additional whorled leaf arrangement at the stem midpoint and another whorl under the stem base. Leaves are 5–30 mm (1⁄4–1+1⁄8 in) long, covered on both sides with soft, woolly, matted hairs. This plant attracts butterflies, bees, other insects, and birds, and it is a host plant for several Palouse butterfly species.
