Eriogonum temblorense

Temblor buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Temblor buckwheat is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native annual found in southern Santa Cruz and Inner South Coast Ranges in San Luis Obispo, Monterey, and western Kern counties, growing in sandy habitats at elevations of 300 to 900 meters. Flowering from May to September, this plant produces white flowers in delicate clusters with perianth lobes arranged in distinctive oblong shapes. Growing with erect, slender stems 5 to 10 centimeters tall that are densely tomentose, it spreads in open formations with a compact growth habit. Its basal leaves are woolly and variable, ranging from elongated blades 1.5 to 4 centimeters long to nearly round leaves 2 to 4 centimeters across, all covered in soft, feltlike tomentum. The fruit is small, measuring 2 to 2.8 millimeters long with a slightly granular tip.

Habitat: Sand

Bloom period: May-Sep

Elevation: 300-900 m

Bioregions: s SCoRI (s Monterey, e San Luis Obispo, w Kern cos.).

California counties: Kern, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Kings

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