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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Pinks, Cactuses, and Allies
  6. Knotweed Family
  7. Wild Buckwheats
  8. Buckwheat
  9. Winged Buckwheat

species 2,731 observations

Winged Buckwheat

Eriogonum alatum

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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142 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Gray Hairstreak, Mormon Metalmark, Sheridan's Hairstreak, Square-spotted Blue 19
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Sphex lucae, Western Yellowjacket, Hemipenthes inops, Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle 14
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Tripartite Sweat Bee, Ulke's Pebble Bee, Lasioglossum albohirtum, Hoary Sweat Bee 109

Children

  • Canadian River Wild Buckwheat

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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