Eriogonum nudum var. westonii

Weston's wild buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Weston's wild buckwheat is a California native perennial found in southern Sierra Nevada, Tehachapi, southern Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, southern eastern Sierra Nevada, and western Mojave Desert in sandy or gravelly habitats at elevations of 700 to 1,900 meters. Flowering from May to September, this plant produces yellow or white flowers approximately 2.5 to 3 millimeters long with delicate hairy perianths. Growing 30 to 60 centimeters tall with distinctively inflated glabrous stems, the plant has an open, branching structure. Its basal leaves are 1 to 3 centimeters long and 0.3 to 0.8 centimeters wide, with a tomentose surface that appears soft and woolly on both upper and lower sides. The plant forms an open inflorescence 10 to 30 centimeters long with branches spreading up to 20 centimeters wide.

Habitat: Common. Sand or gravel

Bloom period: May-Sep

Elevation: 700-1900 m

Bioregions: s SN, Teh, s CW, TR, s SNE, w DMoj.

California counties: Kern, Inyo, Tulare, Mono, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Madera, Santa Barbara, Shasta

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