Eriogonum baileyi var. praebens

Bailey's woolly buckwheat, Bailey's Woolly Buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Bailey's woolly buckwheat is a California native annual found in the Great Basin region on sandy habitats at elevations of 1,300 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from June to October, this plant produces small white to cream-colored flowers in densely tomentose (woolly) inflorescences. Growing with delicate branching stems that spread low across the sandy ground, it forms compact clusters close to the earth. Its leaves are small and densely covered with woolly white hairs, giving the entire plant a soft, grayish appearance. The fruit is a tiny, inconspicuous nutlet typical of the buckwheat family.

Habitat: Sand

Bloom period: Jun-Oct

Elevation: 1300-2500 m

Bioregions: GB

California counties: Inyo, Los Angeles, Plumas, Lassen, Mono, Sierra

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