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  9. Heermann's Buckwheat

species 1,950 observations

Heermann's Buckwheat

Eriogonum heermannii

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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159 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Square-spotted Blue, Blue Copper, Mormon Metalmark, Sheridan's Hairstreak 21
  • 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, Western Yellowjacket, Hemipenthes inops, Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle 17
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Behr's Hairstreak, Great Basin Wood-Nymph, Acmon Blue, Great Golden Digger Wasp 119

Children

  • Heermann's Rough Wild Buckwheat
  • Clokey Buckwheat
  • Heermann's Grooved Wild Buckwheat
  • Heermann's Great Basin Wild Buckwheat
  • Clark Mountain Buckwheat
  • Tabeau Peak Wild Buckwheat

Range

United States

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

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS.

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