Eriogonum grande var. rubescens - San Miguel Island buckwheat

San Miguel Island buckwheat (Eriogonum grande var. rubescens) is a low evergreen sub-shrub endemic to California’s Channel Islands, grown for its showy red to pink flowers. It grows 0.2-0.5 m tall and 0.5-1 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

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

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.2-0.5
Diameter (m)	0.5-1

Footnotes

1. Eriogonum grande var. rubescens, San Miguel Island 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 ↩