Eriogonum hirtiflorum

Hairy-flower wild buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Hairy-flower wild buckwheat is a California native annual herb found in northwestern California, Sierra Nevada, northern central western California, and Transverse Ranges in sandy or gravelly habitats at elevations of 200 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from May to October, this plant produces pink to reddish flowers with oblong perianth lobes in small clusters. Growing with delicate glandular stems 5 to 15 centimeters tall, it forms a compact, thread-like structure. Its leaves are both basal and along the stem, with small blades 1 to 2.5 centimeters long and narrow, measuring 0.4 to 0.8 centimeters wide. The fruit is a small elliptic structure 1 to 1.3 millimeters long with an exserted tip.

Habitat: Sand or gravel

Bloom period: May-Oct

Elevation: 200-2000 m

Bioregions: NW, SN, n CW, TR.

California counties: Los Angeles, Lake, Monterey, San Diego, Tulare, Santa Cruz, Tuolumne, San Bernardino, Ventura, Siskiyou, Mariposa, Madera, San Benito, Trinity, Fresno, Glenn, Kern, Calaveras, Tehama, Colusa, Santa Clara, Mendocino, Amador, Shasta

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