Eriogonum nudum var. nudum

Naked wild buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Naked wild buckwheat is a California native perennial found in northwestern California, Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, San Francisco Bay Area in sandy or gravelly habitats at elevations of 10 to 2,100 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces white to yellow flowers in small clusters 3 to 5 millimeters long. Growing with slender stems 20 to 40 centimeters tall that are smooth and glabrous, it forms a distinctive upright clump. Its basal leaves are 1 to 5 centimeters long, with soft white undersides and sparse upper surfaces. The plant develops delicate branched flower clusters up to 50 centimeters high, creating an airy, elegant silhouette in its native habitat.

Habitat: Common. Sand or gravel

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 10-2100 m

Bioregions: NW, CaR, SN, SnFrB

California counties: Humboldt, Tulare, Siskiyou, Trinity, Del Norte, Mendocino, Mariposa, Tuolumne, Sierra, Plumas, Lake, Sonoma, Fresno, El Dorado, Placer, Lassen, Napa, Butte, Glenn, Shasta, Mono, Alpine, Colusa, Nevada, Amador, Calaveras, Marin, Madera, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Yuba, Kern, San Francisco, Ventura, Inyo, Monterey

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