species 2,150 observations
Wicker Buckwheat
Eriogonum luteolum
Field notes
Eriogonum luteolum is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name goldencarpet buckwheat. It is native to many of the mountain ranges of California and southern Oregon, including the Sierra Nevada, Cascades and California Coast Ranges. It grows in mountain and foothill habitat, such as forest and woodland, on granite and sometimes serpentine soils.
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it



Mormon Metalmark, Sheridan's Hairstreak, Square-spotted Blue, Lotus Hairstreak
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Chamise Evening Bee
1
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it

Anambodera gemina, Chrysobothris cyanella 2
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it



Sphex lucae, Western Yellowjacket, Hemipenthes inops, Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle
15
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors



Acmon Blue, Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Great Golden Digger Wasp, Fiery Skipper
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Annual Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.