Eriogonum prattenianum

Nevada city buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Nevada city buckwheat is a California native perennial found in foothill and mountain regions at elevations likely between 500 to 1,500 meters. Flowering from mid-summer to early fall, this plant produces delicate yellow flowers in compact head-like clusters approximately 0.8 to 2 centimeters wide. Growing as a low mat or subshrub spreading 3 to 5 meters in diameter, it features erect stems 1 to 3 meters tall with distinctive leaf-like bracts near the stem's middle. Its basal leaves are small and dense, measuring 0.5 to 1.5 centimeters long with a soft, woolly tomentose texture that creates a grayish appearance. The plant's yellow perianth with spoon-shaped lobes and compact growth form make it a distinctive ground-covering species in its native habitat.

California counties: Colusa, Tuolumne, Mariposa, Nevada, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Placer

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