genus
Wild Buckwheats
Eriogonum
Field notes
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Shrubs
- Plant type
- Annual Perennial Shrub Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native wild buckwheats All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum
caterpillars
37
bees
1
hosts
3
food
45
flowers
357
shelter
2
-
Desert Trumpet
Eriogonum inflatum
caterpillars
24
bees
1
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
126
-
Wright's Buckwheat
Eriogonum wrightii
caterpillars
23
bees
1
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
131
-
Naked Buckwheat
Eriogonum nudum
caterpillars
22
bees
1
hosts
2
food
31
flowers
132
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Flatcrown Buckwheat
Eriogonum deflexum
caterpillars
22
bees
1
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
122
-
Little Desert Trumpet
Eriogonum trichopes
caterpillars
22
bees
1
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
121
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Yellow Turbans
Eriogonum pusillum
caterpillars
22
bees
1
hosts
2
food
16
flowers
120
-
Kennedy's Buckwheat
Eriogonum kennedyi
caterpillars
22
bees
1
hosts
2
food
15
flowers
116
-
Spurry Buckwheat
Eriogonum spergulinum
caterpillars
22
hosts
2
food
16
flowers
120
-
Sulfur Buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
caterpillars
21
bees
2
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
127
-
Cushion Buckwheat
Eriogonum ovalifolium
caterpillars
21
bees
1
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
140
-
Slender Buckwheat
Eriogonum microtheca
caterpillars
21
bees
1
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
125
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Davidson's Buckwheat
Eriogonum davidsonii
caterpillars
21
bees
1
hosts
2
food
17
flowers
118
-
Tall Woolly Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum elatum
caterpillars
21
bees
1
hosts
2
food
15
flowers
131
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Hoary Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum saxatile
caterpillars
21
bees
1
hosts
2
food
15
flowers
119