Eriogonum vestitum

Idria buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Idria buckwheat is a California native annual found in northeastern South Coast Ranges in Merced, San Benito, and Fresno counties, growing in clay habitats at elevations of 400 to 700 meters. Flowering from March to November, this plant produces small white flowers with narrowly elliptic perianth lobes in delicate clusters. Growing to 1 to 4 decimeters tall with tomentose (woolly) stems, it forms a compact and softly textured plant. Its leaves are basal and along the stem, with blades 2 to 4 centimeters long, sparsely hairy on the underside and ranging from hairy to nearly smooth on the top surface. The fruit is small, approximately 2 to 2.5 millimeters long with a papillate tip.

Habitat: Clay

Bloom period: Mar-Nov

Elevation: 400-700 m

Bioregions: ne SCoRI (Merced, San Benito, Fresno cos.).

California counties: San Benito, Fresno, Merced, Tuolumne

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