Eriogonum baileyi

Bailey buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Bailey buckwheat is a California native annual herb found in dry, open areas at elevations of 100 to 1,500 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces delicate white to rose-colored flowers in compact clusters about 1.5 to 3 millimeters long. Growing with slender stems 10 to 40 centimeters tall, it develops a distinctive branching form with sparse, tomentose foliage. Its basal leaves are nearly round, measuring 0.5 to 2 centimeters long and covered in dense, woolly hairs that give the plant a soft, gray-green appearance. The plant produces small, glandular fruits 1 to 1.5 millimeters long, typical of its delicate buckwheat characteristics.

California counties: Los Angeles, Humboldt, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Kern, Mono, Shasta, Inyo, Riverside, Modoc, Tulare, Lassen, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Ventura, Alpine, El Dorado, Plumas

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