Eriogonum lobbii

Lobb's wild buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Lobb's wild buckwheat is a California native perennial found in the northwestern California, Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, and Great Basin bioregions in sandy or gravelly habitats at elevations of 1,600 to 3,800 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces white to rose-colored flowers in compact clusters with 6 to 10 reflexed teeth. Growing as a low-spreading mat 10 to 25 centimeters in diameter, with generally decumbent stems covered in soft tomentose hair. Its basal leaves are approximately round, 1 to 4 centimeters long, with a dense woolly undersurface that provides texture and protection. When mature, the plant produces smooth, glabrous fruits 4.5 to 6 millimeters long.

Habitat: Common. Sand or gravel

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: (1000)1600-3800 m

Bioregions: NW, CaR, SN, GB

California counties: Riverside, Mono, Alpine, Inyo, Madera, Nevada, Tulare, Tuolumne, Glenn, Fresno, Butte, El Dorado, Stanislaus, Humboldt, Mariposa, Mendocino, Placer, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity, Colusa, Del Norte, San Benito, Amador

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