Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

Proliferous wild buckwheat, Proliferous Wild Buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Proliferous wild buckwheat is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern North Coast Ranges, North Coast Ranges, Cascade Range, northeastern Sierra Nevada, and western Modoc Plateau in sandy or gravelly habitats at elevations of 400 to 2,700 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces delicate white to rose or purple flowers 3 to 5 millimeters long. Growing with a low, spreading form approximately 20 to 40 centimeters in diameter, it develops branching stems covered in soft, woolly hairs. Its leaves are small, measuring 1 to 3 centimeters long, and are densely covered in tomentose (woolly) indumentum. The plant forms compact, intricate clusters with tomentose branches and small involucres 4 to 6 millimeters wide.

Habitat: Common. Sand or gravel

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: (100)400-2700 m

Bioregions: KR, n NCoRO, NCoRH, CaR, ne SNH, w MP

California counties: Lake, Lassen, Tehama, Trinity, Mendocino, Plumas, Siskiyou, Modoc, Sierra, Shasta, Placer, Alpine, Mono

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