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Piute Buckwheat
( Eriogonum breedlovei )
Eriogonum breedlovei
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About Piute Buckwheat (Eriogonum breedlovei)
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Eriogonum breedlovei
is a rare species of wild buckwheat known by the common name Paiute buckwheat. It is endemic to the High Sierra Nevada of California, where its two varieties are uncommon members of the flora in granite and limestone rocky high mountain habitat. This is a perennial herb forming low mats of spreading stems lined with woolly oval leaves no longer than about a centimeter. The flower cluster is a cluster of tiny white to reddish, hairy flowers. Both varieties of this species are rare. The var. breedlovei, Breedlove's buckwheat, is endemic to the Piute Mountains of Kern County, California, where only a few occurrences are known. The var. shevockii, Shevock's buckwheat or The Needles buckwheat, can be found on a few Sierra peaks, including The Needles, in Kern and Tulare Counties.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Perennial herb
Size
0.8 - 3.6 in tall
Flower Color
Cream, Pink, White, Red
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 28
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
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade
Common uses
Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens
Natural Setting
Site Type
Granite or limestone places
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 11.0" - 51.9", Summer Precipitation: 0.40" - 2.34", Coldest Month: 30.3" - 45.9", Hottest Month: 51.8" - 67.7", Humidity: 2.09" - 22.07", Elevation: 4810" - 8649"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Needle's Buckwheat, Paiute Buckwheat
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Eriogonum breedlovei
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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