Eriogonum clavatum

Hoover's desert trumpet

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Hoover's desert trumpet is a California native annual found in coastal western, southwestern, southern eastern Sierra Nevada, and desert bioregions on clay soils at elevations of 400 to 1,100 meters. Flowering throughout the year, this plant produces yellow flowers approximately 1.5 to 2.5 millimeters long with narrowly ovate perianth lobes. Growing 20 to 180 centimeters tall with inflated stems that are glabrous but somewhat hairy and glandular at the base, it develops distinctive spreading branches. Its basal leaves are round to kidney-shaped, 1 to 2.5 centimeters long, covered in coarse hairs and measuring up to 3 centimeters wide. The fruit is smooth and 2 to 2.5 millimeters long.

Habitat: Common. Clay

Bloom period: All year

Elevation: 400-1100 m

Bioregions: CW, SW, s SNE, D

California counties: Kern, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Ventura, Riverside, San Benito, Santa Cruz, Fresno, Monterey, Inyo, San Diego

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