Eriogonum parvifolium - Coast buckwheat

Coast buckwheat (Eriogonum parvifolium) is an evergreen perennial of California’s coastal bluffs and dunes, a host plant for many butterflies including the rare El Segundo blue. It grows 0.2-0.5 m tall and 0.5-1 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹

Type

• Perennial
• Evergreen

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Attracting beneficial insects¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

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

Footnotes

1. Eriogonum parvifolium, SeaCliff Buckwheat | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

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