Eriogonum saxatile

Hoary wild buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Hoary wild buckwheat is a California native perennial found in southern Sierra Nevada, central western, southwestern, southern eastern Sierra Nevada, and desert mountains in sandy or gravelly habitats at elevations of 800 to 3,400 meters. Flowering from May to October, this plant produces white to rose or pale yellow flowers in clusters 5 to 12 centimeters wide. Growing as a low mat forming plants 1 to 4 decimeters wide with tomentose stems generally 0.5 to 1.5 decimeters tall, it spreads horizontally across rocky terrain. Its basal leaves are approximately round, 1 to 2 centimeters long, and densely covered in soft white hairs. The plant forms compact, low-growing clusters with delicate white to rose-colored flower clusters emerging from dense, woolly foliage.

Habitat: Common. Sand or gravel

Bloom period: May-Oct

Elevation: (300)800-3400 m

Bioregions: s SN, CW, SW, SNE, DMtns

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