Eriogonum latifolium
Seaside wild buckwheat, Seaside Wild Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae · Type: perennial · Native
Seaside wild buckwheat is a California native perennial found in the northern coastal and central coastal bioregions in sandy habitats at elevations below 80 meters. Flowering all year, this plant produces white to pink or rose-colored flowers in dense clusters up to 20 centimeters wide. Growing as a low-spreading subshrub or mat-forming herb 2 to 7 decimeters tall and up to 20 decimeters in diameter, it has tomentose stems that can occasionally appear glabrous. Its cauline leaves are broadly ovate, 2.5 to 5 centimeters long and 1.5 to 4 centimeters wide, typically covered in soft, felt-like tomentum. The fruit is a small glabrous achene approximately 3.5 to 4 millimeters long.
Habitat: Common. Sand
Bloom period: All year
Elevation: < 80 m
Bioregions: NCo, n&c CCo
California counties: Humboldt, Alameda, Sonoma, Mendocino, San Mateo, Marin, San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Del Norte, Contra Costa, Kern, Plumas, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Siskiyou, Santa Clara, Tulare
Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.