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  7. Wild Buckwheats
  8. Buckwheat
  9. Naked Buckwheat

species 15,668 observations

Naked Buckwheat

Eriogonum nudum

Status
native
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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188 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Dotted Blue, Mormon Metalmark, Blue Copper, Lotus Hairstreak 22
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Chamise Evening Bee 1
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Anambodera gemina, Chrysobothris cyanella 2
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle, Toltec Scoliid Wasp, Black-footed Drone Fly, Hunter's Little Paper Wasp 31
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Acmon Blue, Gorgon Copper, Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Ornate Checkered Beetle 132

Children

  • Little-flower Wild Buckwheat
  • Weston's Wild Buckwheat
  • Frémont's Wild Buckwheat
  • Reduced Wild Buckwheat
  • Harford's Wild Buckwheat
  • Del Norte Buckwheat
  • Naked Wild Buckwheat
  • Mouse Buckwheat
  • Kings River Buckwheat
  • Sierran Crest Wild Buckwheat
  • Ben Lomond Buckwheat
  • Protruding Buckwheat
  • Ear-shaped 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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