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  9. Coastal Wild Buckwheat

species 2,733 observations

Coastal Wild Buckwheat

Eriogonum cinereum

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

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153 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Mormon Metalmark, Square-spotted Blue, Lotus Hairstreak, Dotted Blue 15
  • 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 Large-tailed Aphideater, Sphex lucae, Western Yellowjacket, Hemipenthes inops 13
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Marine Blue, Great Golden Digger Wasp, Acmon Blue, Ceraunus Blue 122

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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