Eriogonum nudum var. indictum

Protruding buckwheat, Protruding Buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.2

Protruding buckwheat is a native perennial found on the western edge of the San Joaquin Valley and eastern South Coast Ranges in clay habitats at elevations of 100 to 1,100 meters. Flowering from May to October, this plant produces white to yellow flowers in open, spreading clusters 15 to 25 centimeters wide. Growing with erect stems 50 to 80 centimeters tall that are distinctively inflated and glabrous, it develops a robust and open branching structure. Its leaves are tomentose with blades 1 to 6 centimeters long and 1 to 2 centimeters wide, covered in soft hairs on both upper and lower surfaces. The plant forms distinctive open inflorescences with glabrous branches and small involucres 4 to 5 millimeters long.

Habitat: Clay

Bloom period: May-Oct

Elevation: 100-1100 m

Bioregions: w edge SnJV, e SCoRI.

California counties: Kern, Merced, Monterey, Fresno, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, San Mateo, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Tulare, Mariposa, Mendocino, Marin, Plumas

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