Eriogonum libertini

Dubakella mountain buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.2

Dubakella mountain buckwheat is a rare (CNPS 4.2) California native perennial found in southern Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges of the Shasta, Trinity, and Tehama counties in serpentine habitats at elevations of 1,100 to 1,600 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces sulphur yellow flowers in dense head-like clusters approximately 1 to 1.5 centimeters wide. Growing as a low mat 1 to 4 centimeters in diameter with hairy stems 5 to 15 centimeters tall, it forms a compact ground-hugging perennial. Its basal leaves are tomentose, measuring 5 to 15 millimeters long and 3 to 5 millimeters wide, with a soft, woolly texture. The fruit is 4 to 5 millimeters long, with a sparsely hairy tip.

Habitat: Serpentine

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 1100-1600 m

Bioregions: s KR, n NCoRH, n NCoRI (Trinity, Shasta, Tehama cos.).

California counties: Trinity, Tehama, Shasta, Siskiyou

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