Eriogonum wrightii - Shrubby buckwheat

Shrubby buckwheat (Eriogonum wrightii) is a drought-tolerant shrub or subshrub native to western North America, its seed a minor food and its flowers used in pollinator plantings.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹

Type

• Shrub

Functions

• Pollination¹
• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Eriogonum wrightii | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹²

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