Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum - California buckwheat

California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum) is an evergreen shrub or sub-shrub of California chaparral, coastal sage scrub and creosote bush scrub, its flowers, leaves and seeds feeding a dense web of native bees, butterflies and small birds. It grows 0.5-1 m tall and 1-2 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Drought-tolerance¹
• Attracting beneficial insects¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.5-1
Diameter (m)	1-2

Footnotes

1. Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum, California Buckwheat | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩