Eriogonum wrightii var. trachygonum

Rough-node bastard-sage, Rough-Node Bastard-Sage

Family: Polygonaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Rough-node bastard-sage is a California native shrub found in northwestern California and northern Sierra Nevada foothills in gravelly habitats at elevations of 40 to 800 meters. Flowering from July to October, this plant produces white to pink or rose-colored flowers in small, branched clusters with involucres 2 to 4 millimeters long. Growing as a compact subshrub 15 to 40 centimeters tall and 10 to 50 centimeters wide, it features a distinctly tomentose (woolly) texture. Its leaf blades are relatively small, measuring 1.5 to 3 centimeters long and 0.5 to 1 centimeter wide, contributing to its dense and compact appearance. The fruit is approximately 2.5 to 3 millimeters long, completing its modest but distinctive structural profile.

Habitat: Common. Gravel

Bloom period: Jul-Oct

Elevation: 40-800 m

Bioregions: NW, n SNF.

California counties: Kern, San Bernardino, Lake, San Benito, Alameda, Tulare, Nevada, Santa Clara, Tuolumne, Los Angeles, Stanislaus, Shasta, Mariposa, Ventura, Sacramento, Butte, Monterey, El Dorado, Colusa, Tehama, Solano, Napa, Fresno, San Joaquin, Yolo, Madera, Mono, Placer, Contra Costa

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