Eriogonum angulosum

Angle-stem wild buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Angle-stem wild buckwheat is a California native annual found in the central Sierra Nevada Foothills, Tehama County, San Joaquin Valley, Central West, Transverse Ranges, southern Peninsular Ranges, and western Mojave Desert in clay habitats at elevations below 800 meters. Flowering throughout the year, this plant produces white to rose-colored flowers that are small and delicate, with perianth lobes typically elliptic to obovate. Growing 1 to 5 decimeters tall with generally tomentose stems that are 0.5 to 1 decimeter long, it has a slender and erect growth habit. Its leaves are both basal and stem-based, with blades 1 to 4 centimeters long and 0.5 to 1 centimeter wide, covered in a soft, woolly tomentose texture. The inflorescence is expansive, reaching 5 to 80 centimeters long and 10 to 60 centimeters wide, with branches that are generally tomentose to slightly glabrous.

Habitat: Common. Clay

Bloom period: All year

Elevation: < 800 m

Bioregions: c&amps SNF, Teh, SnJV, CW, TR, s PR, w DMoj.

California counties: Kern, Ventura, San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Tulare, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Fresno, Monterey, San Joaquin, Alameda, Stanislaus, Santa Barbara, Contra Costa, Kings, Riverside, Merced, Santa Clara, Inyo, Madera

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