Plants — 23,508 Species

Seacliff Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum parvifolium Sm.

Eriogonum parvifolium, or dune buckwheat, is a shrub that hosts many insects, including the El Segundo blue butterfly.

few-flower buckwheat

Eriogonum pauciflorum Pursh

Eriogonum pauciflorum Pursh, or few-flowered buckwheat, is a short matted grey-leaved buckwheat found in central North America.

yellow turbans

Eriogonum pusillum Torr. & A.Gray

Eriogonum pusillum is a small annual herb that produces yellow-to-red flowers on bare branching inflorescences.

Pyrola-leaf Buckwheat

Eriogonum pyrolifolium Hook. ex A.E.Murray

Eriogonum pyrolifolium is a small woody perennial that grows on Cascade Range alpine and subalpine volcanic slopes. It smells like unwashed socks at certain growth stages.

Mount Rose wild buckwheat

Eriogonum rosense A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn.

Eriogonum rosense is a small mat-forming perennial herb that grows on dry rocky mountain slopes and bears yellow to streaked orange flowers.

Hoary Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum saxatile S.Watson

Eriogonum saxatile is a variable woolly-leaved perennial cultivated as a low-maintenance rock garden plant.

Shockley's Buckwheat

Eriogonum shockleyi S.Watson

Eriogonum, or wild buckwheat, is a species-rich North American flowering plant genus in Polygonaceae with many rare taxa and close Lepidoptera associations.

rock buckwheat

Eriogonum sphaerocephalum Douglas ex Benth.

Eriogonum sphaerocephalum is a small North American shrub with yellow flower clusters, common in rocky sagebrush and desert habitats.

Blue Mountain Buckwheat

Eriogonum strictum Benth.

Eriogonum strictum Benth. is a perennial herb with woolly leaves and cream to pale yellow flowers that darken to reddish or orange.

Thomas's Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum thomasii Torr.

Eriogonum thomasii Torr. is a small thin annual herb with clustered yellowish to pinkish flowers.

thymeleaf buckwheat

Eriogonum thymoides Benth.

Eriogonum thymoides is a small hairy subshrub native to the dry Pacific Northwest US, valued by native bees.

Dogtongue Buckwheat

Eriogonum tomentosum Michx.

Eriogonum tomentosum is a Polygonaceae family species native to several southeastern US states.

Little Desert Trumpet

Eriogonum trichopes Torr.

Eriogonum trichopes Torr. is a variable annual herb that produces bright yellow flowers that darken to reddish over time.

sulfur buckwheat

Eriogonum umbellatum Torr.

Eriogonum umbellatum Torr., sulphurflower buckwheat, is a variable North American wildflower often cultivated for low-water xeriscaping.

Bear Valley buckwheat

Eriogonum ursinum S.Watson

Eriogonum ursinum is an uncommon mat-forming perennial herb with pale yellow to pink flower clusters.

Wickerstem Buckwheat

Eriogonum vimineum Douglas ex Benth.

Eriogonum vimineum is a slender annual herb with clustered, variably colored striped flowers and basal leaf rosettes.

Wright's buckwheat

Eriogonum wrightii Torr. ex Benth.

Eriogonum wrightii Torr. ex Benth. is a variable North American buckwheat that grows as an herb or shrub with white to light pink flowers.

Hairy Erioneuron

Erioneuron pilosum (Buckley) Nash

Common Cottongrass

Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.

Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. is a Northern Hemisphere perennial cotton grass sedge with edible parts and ornamental uses.

slender cottongrass

Eriophorum gracile W.D.J.Koch

Eriophorum gracile (slender cottongrass) is a circumboreal perennial wetland herb in the sedge family.

Broad-leaved Cottongrass

Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe

Eriophorum latifolium is a Cyperaceae flowering plant native to Europe, with disputed range extending into Asia.

Scheuchzer's cottongrass

Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe

Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe, Scheuchzer's cottongrass, is a perennial wetland herb with traditional indigenous uses eaten by muskoxen and waterfowl.

tussock cottongrass

Eriophorum vaginatum L.

Eriophorum vaginatum L. is a tussock-forming boreal-arctic sedge found in acidic wet peaty habitats.

tawny cottongrass

Eriophorum virginicum L.

Eriophorum virginicum is a perennial North American obligate wetland cottongrass that forms clonal colonies via rhizomes.