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  7. Wild Buckwheats
  8. Oligogonum
  9. Parsnipflower Buckwheat

species 8,084 observations

Parsnipflower Buckwheat

Eriogonum heracleoides

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

Field notes

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248 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Square-spotted Blue, Lupine Blue, Blue Copper, Sheridan's Hairstreak 20
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Nevada Miner 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 Sphex lucae, Common Thread-waisted Wasp, Eucerceris flavocincta, Common Aerial Yellowjacket 19
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee, Ornate Checkered Beetle, Prunus Miner Bee, Glaucon Blue 206

Children

  • Bractless Parsnipflower 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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