Eriogonum mohavense

Western mojave wild buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Western mojave wild buckwheat is a California native annual found in western Mojave Desert regions in sandy habitats at elevations of 600 to 1,200 meters. Flowering from May to September, this plant produces yellow flowers with narrowly oblong to elliptic perianth lobes. Growing 10 to 30 centimeters tall with glabrous stems and branches, it develops as a delicate, open-structured annual. Its basal leaves are distinctive, with round blades about 6 to 20 millimeters long, covered in soft white tomentose indumentum. The small elliptic fruits are approximately 1 to 1.2 millimeters long, complementing the plant's subtle desert adaptation.

Habitat: Sand

Bloom period: May-Sep

Elevation: 600-1200 m

Bioregions: w DMoj.

California counties: San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Kern, Riverside, Inyo, Orange

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