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Long-stemmed Buckwheat
Eriogonum elongatum Benth.
Eriogonum elongatum is a pH-tolerant perennial herb native to California that supports multiple local butterfly and insect species.
California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth.
Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth. is a variable native North American shrub widely cultivated for gardening and land management uses.
alpine golden buckwheat
Eriogonum flavum Nutt.
Eriogonum flavum Nutt. is a long-lived North American perennial herb grown as an ornamental garden flower with a range of human and wildlife uses.
St. Catherine's-lace
Eriogonum giganteum S.Watson
Eriogonum giganteum is an evergreen California Channel Islands endemic buckwheat cultivated as a drought-tolerant ornamental that supports native pollinators.
Slender Woolly Buckwheat
Eriogonum gracile Benth.
Eriogonum gracile, or slender woolly buckwheat, is a variable annual wild buckwheat native to California and Baja California.
raspberry buckwheat
Eriogonum gracilipes S.Watson
Eriogonum gracilipes is a small mat-forming perennial herb with clustered hairy leaves and bright raspberry red flowers.
Redflower Buckwheat
Eriogonum grande Greene
Eriogonum grande, or redflower buckwheat, is a mat-forming perennial wild buckwheat native to Baja California and California's Channel Islands, with three varieties.
Heermann's buckwheat
Eriogonum heermannii Durand & Hilg.
Eriogonum heermannii is a variable North American wild buckwheat shrub with tiny clustered flowers of varying colors.
parsnipflower buckwheat
Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt.
Eriogonum heracleoides, parsnipflower buckwheat, is a small perennial herb that supports and attracts butterflies, other insects, and birds.
Frosted Buckwheat
Eriogonum incanum Torr. & A.Gray
Eriogonum incanum is a dioecious mat-forming perennial herb with colored clustered flowers and distinct male and female blooms.
Desert Trumpet
Eriogonum inflatum Torr.
Eriogonum inflatum, or desert trumpet, is a perennial desert plant historically used by Paiute people to make smoking pipes.
James' Buckwheat
Eriogonum jamesii Benth.
Eriogonum jamesii is a native southwestern US wild buckwheat with several traditional Indigenous medicinal and ceremonial uses.
Kennedy's Buckwheat
Eriogonum kennedyi Porter ex S.Watson
Eriogonum kennedyi is a cushion-forming perennial herb endemic to California's dry sandy or gravelly habitats.
Inyo wild buckwheat
Eriogonum latens Jeps.
Eriogonum latens Jeps. is a perennial herb that produces spherical clusters of whitish or yellowish flowers on an upright leafless stem.
Seaside Buckwheat
Eriogonum latifolium Sm.
Eriogonum latifolium Sm. is a variable-sized perennial maritime herb with clustered flowers that can be pink, white, or red.
granite buckwheat
Eriogonum lobbii Torr. & A.Gray
Eriogonum lobbii is a low-lying perennial that grows in rocky areas and bears distinctive drooping rounded clusters of small flowers.
Longleaf Buckwheat
Eriogonum longifolium Nutt.
Eriogonum longifolium is a dicot wild buckwheat with some endangered varieties and documented uses by Indigenous North American groups.
wicker buckwheat
Eriogonum luteolum Greene
Eriogonum luteolum Greene is a variable annual herb with woolly basal leaves and small clustered multi-colored flowers.
spotted wild buckwheat
Eriogonum maculatum A.Heller
Eriogonum maculatum A.Heller is an erect annual herb with spotted-looking striped flower clusters growing in open, dry habitats.
marumleaf buckwheat
Eriogonum marifolium A.Gray
Eriogonum marifolium A.Gray is a dioecious mat-forming subshrub, with male and female plants that differ greatly in flower size and color.
Birdnest Buckwheat
Eriogonum nidularium Coville
Eriogonum nidularium Coville is a low, mostly leafless-stemmed plant that produces small yellowish to pinkish flowers in hanging clusters.
Snow Buckwheat
Eriogonum niveum Douglas ex Benth.
Eriogonum niveum is a variable North American wild buckwheat with traditional medicinal uses and ecological and cultivation applications.
Naked Buckwheat
Eriogonum nudum Douglas ex Benth.
Eriogonum nudum, or naked buckwheat, is a widely distributed buckwheat native to the US west coast with distinctive naked leafless stems.
cushion buckwheat
Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt.
Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. is a tough mat-forming perennial herb that blooms from early to mid-summer with varied colored flowers.
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