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Short-flower Wild Buckwheat
( Eriogonum brachyanthum )
Eriogonum brachyanthum
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About Short-flower Wild Buckwheat (Eriogonum brachyanthum)
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Eriogonum brachyanthum
is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name shortflower buckwheat. It is native to eastern California and western Nevada, particularly the Mojave Desert region, where it is common to abundant, and even sometimes weedy. It is also known from southern Oregon. The plant grows in sandy habitat, such as desert flats and sagebrush. It is an annual herb reaching 30 to 40 centimeters tall. The woolly leaves are oval or rounded and are located about the base of the stem. The top of the stem is occupied by a branching inflorescence bearing many widely spaced clusters of flowers. Each individual flower is about a millimeter wide and light yellow in color.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Annual herb
Size
1 - 1.3 ft tall
Flower Color
Cream, Pink, White
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 38
likely
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Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
Strymon melinus
*
Acmon Blue
Icaricia acmon
Icaricia acmon
*
The Brown Elfin
Callophrys augustinus
Callophrys augustinus
*
Blue Copper
Lycaena heteronea
Lycaena heteronea
*
Mormon Metalmark
Apodemia mormo
Apodemia mormo
*
Dotted Blue
Euphilotes enoptes
Euphilotes enoptes
*
Behr's Metalmark
Apodemia virgulti
Apodemia virgulti
Landscaping Information
Common uses
Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens
Natural Setting
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 3.2" - 21.8", Summer Precipitation: 0.23" - 1.83", Coldest Month: 26.3" - 59.3", Hottest Month: 52.9" - 88.4", Humidity: 1.57" - 39.51", Elevation: 161" - 9431"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Short-flowered Buckwheat, Shortflower Buckwheat
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Eriogonum brachyanthum
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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