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Eriogonum

Buckwheats are a large group of variable plants found in dry areas of Western North America. 

They have attractive, often fuzzy foliage and produce long lasting stalks of flowers



Eriogonum caespitosum

Eriogonum caespitosum

Eriogonum caespitosum ©

  Mat Buckwheat

 

Low silvery mats with stalks of flowers that emerge yellow and fade to red.  Grow in full sun in very well drained soil with low water.  Hardy to  –40 degrees F   Polygonaceae

 

Grown from seeds collected in the Pioneer Mtns of Idaho.  The species is native to the mountains of the Interior West. 

 

 


Eriogonum ovalifolium

Eriogonum ovalifolium

Eriogonum ovalifolium ©

  Cushion Buckwheat

 

Low mats of spoon shaped leaves with umbels of pinkish flowers.   Sun, low water, very well drained soil.  Hardy to  –40 degrees F   Western US Mountains  Polygonaceae

 

 

 


Eriogonum ovalifolium var nivale

Eriogonum ovalifolium v nivale©

Eriogonum ovalifolium v nivale Eriogonum ovalifolium var nivale

Eriogonum ovalifolium var nivale with cold weather blush ©

  Sierra Cushion Buckwheat

 

Low mats of  fuzzy, spoon shaped leaves with umbels of pinkish flowers.  Sun, low water, very well drained soil.  Hardy to  –40 degrees F    Polygonaceae

 

 

From seed collected on Steen's mountain in Eastern Oregon.  This variety is found in rocky and sandy soils at high elevations in California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Washington and B.C.

 


Eriogonum polyanthum


(syn Eriogonum umbellatum v polyanthum)




Eriogonum polyanthum flowers

Eriogonum polyanthum flowers ©

Eriogonum polyanthum in garden©

Eriogonum polyanthum in rock garden

  Sulpher Flower Buckwheat

 

Low mats of spoon shaped leaves with umbels of yellow flowers that fade to red.  Sun, low water, very well drained soil.  Hardy to  –40 degrees F   Mountains of Southern Oregon and Northern California.  Polygonaceae

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Eriogonum umbellatum var umbellatum

Eriogonum umbellatum v umbellatum, Sulpher Flower Buckwheat©

  Sulpher Flower Buckwheat

 

Low mats of loose rosettes of ovate, gray-green leaves with yellow flowers in summer.  Sun, low water, very well drained soil.  Hardy to  –40 degrees F     Polygonaceae

 

 

From seed collected in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah.  The species is commonly found in rocky and sandy soil at 3,000-9,000 feet in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Idaho

 

 

 

 

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