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

species 82 observations

Chisos Mountain Buckwheat

Eriogonum hemipterum

Status
maybe native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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53 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Gray Hairstreak, Lupine Blue, White-lined Sphinx, Drasteria howlandii 5
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Sphex lucae, Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp, Oblique Streaktail, Euodynerus annulatus 6
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Fiery Skipper, Tripartite Sweat Bee, Western Pygmy-Blue, Golden Paper Wasp 42

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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