Eriogonum apricum

Ione buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Ione buckwheat is a rare California native perennial found in the central Sierra Nevada foothills in rocky or gravelly areas at elevations near 300 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces delicate white flowers in small compact clusters approximately 1 to 2 centimeters wide. Growing as a low mat-forming perennial just 8 to 20 centimeters in diameter, it spreads with slender glabrous stems reaching 4 to 8 centimeters tall. Its basal leaves are distinctively round-ovate, measuring 3 to 5 millimeters long, with a soft white tomentose undersurface and generally smooth upper surface. The plant's compact white-flowered inflorescences and low-growing mat form make it a distinctive feature of its rocky, dry habitat.

California counties: Amador, Sierra

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