Eriogonum vimineum

Wicker-stem wild buckwheat

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: annual · Native

Wicker-stem wild buckwheat is a California native annual found in northeastern Klamath Ranges, Cascade Range, northern Sierra Nevada, and Modoc Plateau in sandy or gravelly habitats at elevations of 50 to 2,400 meters. Flowering from May to September, this plant produces white to rose or pale yellow flowers in small clusters. Growing with delicate stems 5 to 30 centimeters tall, which are sparsely hairy and sometimes nearly smooth, it forms compact plants. Its basal leaves are rounded, measuring 0.5 to 2 centimeters long, with a soft, woolly texture on the undersides. The tiny flowers, about 2 to 2.5 millimeters long, have outer perianth lobes that are widely spoon-shaped.

Habitat: Common. Sand or gravel

Bloom period: May-Sep

Elevation: 50-2400 m

Bioregions: ne KR, CaR, n SNH, MP

California counties: Mendocino, Los Angeles, Alpine, Siskiyou, Trinity, Modoc, Lassen, Shasta, Plumas, Tehama, San Luis Obispo, Butte, Kern, San Bernardino, Santa Clara, Mariposa, Mono, Sierra, Alameda, Humboldt, Lake, Placer, Riverside, San Benito, Santa Cruz, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Contra Costa, Nevada, Tuolumne, Tulare, Napa, Ventura, Monterey, San Diego, Marin, Fresno, San Mateo, Del Norte, Santa Barbara, Inyo, El Dorado

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