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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Pinks, Cactuses, and Allies
  6. Knotweed Family
  7. Wild Buckwheats
  8. Buckwheat
  9. Redflower Buckwheat

species 2,259 observations

Redflower Buckwheat

Eriogonum grande

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

Field notes

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143 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Gray Hairstreak, Mormon Metalmark, Square-spotted Blue, Lotus Hairstreak 13
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Chamise Evening Bee 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Sphex lucae, Great Golden Digger Wasp, American Sand Wasp, American Winter Ant 17
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Tripartite Sweat Bee, Acmon Blue, Urbane Digger Bee 112

Children

  • Red-flowered Buckwheat
  • Island Buckwheat
  • San Nicolas Island 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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