Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum, Wright's Buckwheat

Identification

Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum, Wright's Buckwheat.

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This Buckwheat always looks delightful in flower and nondescript when not. - grid24_3

Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum

Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum, Buckwheat

Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum, Wright's Buckwheat in the Escondido garden - grid24_3

Eriogonum wrighti subscaposum

Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum, Wright's Buckwheat delicate flowers. - grid24_3

Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum has delicate little flowers that come off a low gray mat of foliage.

Wright's Buckwheat growing between granite at 7500 ft in the Sierras. It also grows fine in our garden as a little ground cover. - grid24_3

Wright's buckwheat also grows fine in our native garden.

Wright;s buckwheat is SO cute. It can work very well in a small rock garden. - grid24_3

Even though Wright's buckwheat is small it still provides a home for many small insects.

Description

Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum is a small buckwheat, compact and mounding with the plant not exceeding a foot tall. Wright's Buckwheat has slender pale pink flower spikes. This is a a desert buckwheat that extends its range into southern California and the Sierra Nevada. Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum is a very low growing form with pink flowers from higher elevations. The buckwheats are very important butterfly plants and one of the pillars of their communities. The flowers, leaves and seeds are all used by all the smaller animals. Click here for more about California Buckwheats

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Characteristics

Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum Wright's Buckwheat tolerates clay.
Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum Wright's Buckwheat is great for a butterfly garden.
Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum Wright's Buckwheat's foliage color is white and type is stressdeciduous.
Eriogonum wrightii subscaposum Wright's Buckwheat's flower color is pink.

ph:	5.00 to 7.00
usda:	5 to 10
height[m]:	0.10 to 0.20
width[m]:	0.50 to 1.00
rainfall[cm]:	100.00 to 195.00

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