Eriogonum baileyi var. baileyi

Bailey's wild buckwheat, Bailey's Wild Buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Bailey's wild buckwheat is a California native annual herb found in the southern Sierra Nevada Foothills, Tehachapi Mountains, southern Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, Great Basin, and western Mojave Desert in sandy and gravelly habitats at elevations of 500 to 2,900 meters. Flowering from May to October, this plant produces white to cream-colored flowers in glabrous clusters. Growing with thin, spreading stems up to 20 centimeters tall, it forms delicate branching structures close to the ground. Its leaves are primarily basal, with small, narrow blades arranged in loose rosettes. This adaptable wildflower thrives in dry, open landscapes across multiple desert and mountain regions.

Habitat: Common. Sand, gravel

Bloom period: May-Oct

Elevation: (100)500-2900 m

Bioregions: SNF, Teh, s SCoR, TR, GB, w DMoj

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

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