Eriogonum latens

Inyo wild buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Inyo wild buckwheat is a California native perennial found in central and eastern Sierra Nevada slopes, White and Inyo Mountains, and northern desert mountains including the Panamint Range in gravelly habitats at elevations of 2,600 to 3,400 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces cream to pale yellow flowers in compact head-like clusters 2 to 3.5 centimeters in diameter. Growing with stems 1 to 4 meters tall and generally glabrous, it forms low cushion-like clusters approximately 1 to 2 meters wide. Its basal leaves are short and hairy, measuring 1 to 3 centimeters long and 0.8 to 2.5 centimeters wide, with obovate to spoon-shaped perianth lobes. The fruit is smooth, 3 to 5 millimeters long and carried on very short stems.

Habitat: Gravel

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 2600-3400 m

Bioregions: c&amps SNH (e slope), W&ampI, n DMtns (Panamint Range)

California counties: Inyo, Tulare, Mono, San Bernardino, Shasta, Kings

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