Eriogonum ampullaceum

Mono wild buckwheat, Mono Wild Buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Mono wild buckwheat is a California native annual found in northern Sierra Nevada Eastern Sierra at elevations of 1,700 to 2,200 meters in sandy habitats. Flowering from July to September, this plant produces cream to reddish flowers in small clusters approximately 1 to 1.5 millimeters long. Growing 10 to 30 centimeters tall with glabrous stems, it develops delicate branching structures up to 25 centimeters wide. Its basal leaves are distinctive, roughly round and generally covered in dense tomentose (woolly) hairs, measuring 0.5 to 2 centimeters across. The plant's small, glabrous fruits complement its subtle but elegant form.

Habitat: Uncommon. Sand

Bloom period: Jul-Sep

Elevation: 1700-2200 m

Bioregions: n SNE

California counties: Mono, Inyo, Kern

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.