Eriogonum contiguum

Reveal's buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 2B.3

Reveal's buckwheat is a rare (CNPS 2B.3) California native annual found in the eastern Mojave Desert in Inyo and San Bernardino counties on sandy habitats at elevations of 20 to 900 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces yellow to reddish flowers in delicate, slender inflorescences 5 to 18 centimeters long. Growing 0.5 to 3 decimeters tall with glabrous stems that are glandular at the base, it emerges from the sandy ground with distinctive characteristics. Its basal leaves are approximately round, 0.5 to 1 centimeter long, and covered in coarse hairs. The tiny flowers, measuring 1 to 2.5 millimeters, are nestled in small involucres with (4)5 delicate teeth.

Habitat: Sand

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: 20-900 m

Bioregions: ne DMoj (se Inyo, ne San Bernardino cos.)

California counties: Inyo, San Bernardino, 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.