Eriogonum prattenianum var. prattenianum

Nevada city wild buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Nevada city wild buckwheat is a California native perennial found in northern and central Sierra Nevada in sandy or gravelly habitats at elevations of 800 to 2,200 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white to cream-colored flowers in compact clusters with involucres 5 to 8 millimeters wide. Growing as a low mat or subshrub 30 to 50 centimeters tall with spreading growth habit, it forms dense ground-covering clusters. Its leaves are distinctively tomentose (densely woolly), with soft, fuzzy leaf blades that provide texture and protection in its dry, exposed habitat. The flower involucres have small erect to slightly reflexed teeth 1 to 2 millimeters long, adding delicate structural detail to its inflorescence.

Habitat: Sand or gravel

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 800-2200 m

Bioregions: n&ampc SN.

California counties: Mariposa, Nevada, Tuolumne, Calaveras, El Dorado, Placer, Madera

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