Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium

Mojave desert california buckwheat, Mojave Desert California Buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Mojave desert california buckwheat is a California native shrub found in diverse bioregions including the San Joaquin Valley, Central Coast, southern Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges, eastern Peninsular Ranges, and Mojave Desert at elevations of 300 to 2,500 meters. Flowering throughout the year, this plant produces white to cream-colored flowers in small, dense clusters. Growing as a spreading to rounded subshrub 2 to 5 feet tall and up to 20 feet in diameter, it features gray-green branches covered in soft, woolly hairs. Its small leaves are narrow, measuring 0.6 to 1.8 centimeters long and 0.2 to 0.6 centimeters wide, with a soft, hairy texture. This adaptable shrub thrives in sandy, gravelly, or rocky habitats, making it well-suited to arid desert and coastal environments.

Habitat: Sand, gravel or rocks

Bloom period: All year

Elevation: (60)300-2500 m

Bioregions: SnJV, CCo, SCoRO, s SN, SCoRI, e SCo, TR, e PR, SnJt, SNE, D

California counties: San Bernardino, Kern, Los Angeles, Ventura, Riverside, San Diego, Inyo, San Luis Obispo, Imperial, Fresno, Orange, Stanislaus, Tulare, Santa Barbara, San Benito, Kings, San Joaquin, Merced, Mono, Alameda, Marin, Monterey, Lassen

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