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

species 115 observations

Alexander's Buckwheat

Eriogonum alexanderae

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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124 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Mormon Metalmark, Sheridan's Hairstreak, Square-spotted Blue, Dotted Blue 17
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Chrysobothris cyanella 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Sphex lucae, Western Yellowjacket, Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle, California Yellowjacket 10
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Acmon Blue, Great Golden Digger Wasp, Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Fiery Skipper 96

Range

United States

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

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