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

species 108 observations

Tripod Buckwheat

Eriogonum tripodum

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

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141 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Mormon Metalmark, Sheridan's Hairstreak, Square-spotted Blue, Lotus Hairstreak 18
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Chrysobothris cyanella 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Sphex lucae, Western Yellowjacket, Hemipenthes inops, Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle 15
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Acmon Blue, Great Golden Digger Wasp, Yellow-faced Bumble Bee, Fiery Skipper 107

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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