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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Pinks, Cactuses, and Allies
  6. Knotweed Family
  7. Wild Buckwheats
  8. Ganysma
  9. Saltwort Buckwheat

species 18 observations

Saltwort Buckwheat

Eriogonum salicornioides

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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100 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Mormon Metalmark, Sheridan's Hairstreak, Dotted Blue, Gray Hairstreak 14
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Sphex lucae, Western Yellowjacket, Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle, Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp 9
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Acmon Blue, Great Golden Digger Wasp, Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Elegant Grass-carrying Wasp 77

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
Annual Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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