Eriogonum gracillimum

Rose-and-white wild buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Rose-and-white wild buckwheat is a California native annual found in southern Sierra Nevada, San Joaquin Valley, southern Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, and Mojave Desert in clay to gravel habitats at elevations below 1,100 meters. Flowering throughout the year, this plant produces white to rose-colored flowers in delicate, spreading clusters with hair-like branches. Growing 10 to 50 centimeters tall with tomentose stems that are slender and branching, it forms a delicate, open structure. Its basal leaves are 2 to 4 centimeters long, slightly woolly underneath, with margins rolled slightly inward, creating a distinctive textural appearance. The tiny involucres are glandular-hairy and measure about 2 millimeters wide, contributing to the plant's intricate botanical design.

Habitat: Common. Clay to gravel

Bloom period: All year

Elevation: < 1100 m

Bioregions: s SN, SnJV, SCoR, TR, DMoj.

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

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