Eriogonum parishii

Parish's wild buckwheat, Parish's Wild Buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Parish's wild buckwheat is a California native annual found in southern Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and northern White Mountains in sandy habitats at elevations of 1,300 to 3,200 meters. Flowering from June to October, this plant produces delicate pink to red flowers that age to white, clustered in wide branching inflorescences up to 50 centimeters across. Growing 10 to 40 centimeters tall with slender, glabrous stems that become glandular toward the tips, it forms an open, spreading habit. Its basal leaves are notably coarse-hairy, measuring 2 to 6 centimeters long and 0.5 to 2 centimeters wide, providing textural interest to the plant's appearance. The small involucres have four distinct teeth, and the fruits are compact, measuring 1 to 1.3 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Common. Sand

Bloom period: Jun-Oct

Elevation: (1000)1300-3200 m

Bioregions: s SN, TR, PR, n W&ampI (White Mtns)

California counties: San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Tulare, Inyo, Mono, Imperial

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