Eriogonum heermannii var. sulcatum

Heermann's grooved wild buckwheat, Heermann's Grooved Wild Buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Heermann's grooved wild buckwheat is a California native shrub found in the Desert Mountains in gravelly or rocky habitats at elevations of 700 to 2,700 meters. Flowering from April to October, this plant produces yellow-white flowers in compact clusters with sharply ridged and deeply grooved branches. Growing as a low, spreading subshrub 0.5 to 8 decimeters tall and up to 8 decimeters wide, it develops a dense, compact form. Its leaves are small and soft, with blades 0.4 to 1.2 centimeters long, covered in a dense tomentose (woolly) surface. The plant's distinctive grooved branches and dense, low-growing structure make it well-adapted to arid, rocky mountain environments.

Habitat: Gravel or rocks

Bloom period: Apr-Oct

Elevation: 700-2700 m

Bioregions: DMtns

California counties: Inyo, San Bernardino

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