Eriogonum roseum

Wand wild buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Wand wild buckwheat is a California native annual herb found in northwestern California, Sierra Nevada, eastern Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley, central western California, and Tehachapi Range in sandy or gravelly habitats at elevations below 2,200 meters. Flowering from May to November, this plant produces delicate white to pink or red flowers occasionally with yellow tones, arranged in wide branching clusters up to 45 centimeters across. Growing with slender stems 15 to 80 centimeters tall that are sparsely hairy, it spreads its branches in an open, wandlike form. Its leaves are both basal and stem-based, with blades 1 to 5 centimeters long and generally covered in soft, woolly hairs. The tiny fruits are approximately 2 millimeters long, completing the plant's compact and intricate structure.

Habitat: Common. Sand or gravel

Bloom period: May-Nov

Elevation: < 2200 m

Bioregions: NW, SN, ScV (e edge), SnJV, CW, TR

California counties: Contra Costa, Kern, Tuolumne, Tulare, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Los Angeles, Fresno, Lake, San Benito, Madera, Butte, Mariposa, Santa Barbara, El Dorado, Inyo, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Siskiyou, Ventura, Trinity, Humboldt, Mono, Solano, Alameda, Tehama, San Joaquin, Merced, San Bernardino, Amador, Del Norte, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Sonoma, Sutter, Calaveras, Sacramento, Mendocino, Kings, San Diego, Riverside

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