Eriogonum nutans var. nutans

Dugway wild buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 2B.3

Dugway wild buckwheat is a rare (CNPS 2B.3) California native annual found in northern Sierra Nevada eastern Mono County and southern Modoc Plateau northeastern Lassen County in sandy habitats at elevations of 1,200 to 2,300 meters. Flowering from May to September, this plant produces small white to tan flowers with distinctively glandular involucres. Growing with delicate branching stems, it forms low, spreading clusters in open sandy terrain. Its leaves are small and oriented close to the ground, adapting to the sparse, dry environments of its native range. The plant's compact growth and glandular characteristics make it well-suited to its challenging desert and montane habitats.

Habitat: Sand

Bloom period: May-Sep

Elevation: 1200-2300 m

Bioregions: n SNH (e Mono Co.), s MP (ne Lassen Co.)

California counties: Mono, Nevada, Humboldt

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